stomato-, stomat-, stom-, -stoma, -stomatous, -stomous, -stome, -stomy, -ostomy, -ostome,

The surgical creation of an opening into the trachea through the neck, with the tracheal mucosa being brought into continuity with the skin and is also, the opening so created: Tracheostomy is also used to refer to the creation of an opening in the anterior trachea for insertion of a tube to relieve upper airway obstruction and to facilitate ventilation (breathing).

In surgery, the insertion of an artificial fistula or a permanent opening of the appendix through the abdominal wall: A yphlostomy is a specialized form of an artificial anus and is only performed when the patient is suffering from a severe difficulty in stool evacuation.

In surgery, an implantation of a ureter into the colon: Dr. Smith explained to his patient, Mr. Clark, that a tube carrying the urine from the kidney to the colon would be implanted and that this procedure was called ureterocolostomy.

In surgery, the connection of the ureter from the bladder to the surface of the abdomen; cutaneous ureterostomy: The procedure of a ureterocutaneostomy enables urine to flow out of the body.

The surgical procedure of forming a connection between a ureter and the rectum: A ureteroproctostomy can reconnect a ureter into a new position within the urinary bladder.

The formation of a new channel linking a renal pelvis to a ureter: Dr. Tall used the procedure of ureteropyeloneostomy to repair a the blockage or stricture in the upper urinary tract in Mr. Hathaways's body

A complex medical word pertaining to a surgical procedure forming an artificial linkage between the ureter, the renal pelvis and the kidney: This very involved operation, called ureteropyelonephrostomy, pertains to reconstructed surgeries relating to bypassing blockages, scarring, structural abnormalities at the ureteropelvic junction.

1. Reestablishment of the interrupted seminiferous channels by uniting the tubules of the epididymis or of the rete testis to the divided end of the vas deferens.
2. The operation of suturing tubules of the epididymis to the ductus (vas) deferens. Maturation and storage of sperm occur in the epididymis.

1. The reversal of a vasectomy, performed by surgical reconnection of the severed ends of the vas deferens.
2. Surgical creation of a passage connecting the ends of a severed vas deferens, usually to restore fertility in a vasectomized man.