Usually means: Surgical creation of urine diversion.
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  1. urostomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. urostomy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. urostomy: Wiktionary
  4. urostomy: Dictionary.com
  5. Urostomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. urostomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. urostomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. urostomy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  3. urostomy: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (urostomy)

▸ noun:  A surgically constructed opening in the urinary tract allowing urine to exit the body; the procedure of making such an opening.

Similar:
urethrostomy, ureterostomy, ostomy, ostomate, uretherostomy, stoma, cystostomy, ureteroneocystostomy, vasostomy, neostomy, more...

Opposite:
ileostomy, colostomy

Types:
ileal conduit, continent diversion, transurethral, more...

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Similar:
urethrostomy, ureterostomy, ostomy, ostomate, uretherostomy, stoma, cystostomy, ureteroneocystostomy, vasostomy, neostomy, more...

Opposite:
ileostomy, colostomy

Types:
ileal conduit, continent diversion, transurethral, more...



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