Word Finder - stoma

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One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

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• stomate

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A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy.

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A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.

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An artificial anus.

Above each cavity is situated a so-called water-sloma, no doubt derived phylogenetically from an ordinary stoma, and enclosed by guard-cells which have nearly or entirely lost the power of movement.

For many patients having a stoma will improve their quality of life.

The guard cells open and close the stoma by changing shape.

Professional and experiential knowledge are necessary components for the care of the person with a newly formed stoma or internal pouch.

In the author's area at lease 50 per cent may require temporary or permanent stoma.

In most cases, people who have a temporary stoma will return 3-6 months later to have the stoma reversed.

It may need to have a proximal stoma more often than a 2 layer closure.

Overall, 27 patients were randomized to have a conventional stoma and 27 to have a mesh.

It is important to remember, however, that a tracheostomy stoma is a surgical would and prevention of infection is paramount.

Many problems with the stoma and surrounding skin areas are caused by the presence of alkaline urine.

A lower rate is however encountered when the stoma is brought out through the rectus abdominis muscle.

Choosing your clothes Wearing even a modern and well designed stoma pouch can sometimes change the outline of your appearance.

Advice should be sought from the stoma care nurse who will invariably be only too willing to see the patient.

How you feel immediately after stoma surgery will depend on the reason for your surgery.

Stoma formation in colorectal cancer There are three stoma types predominantly used in patient management.

This arrangement is a method of checking transpiration by creating a still atmosphere above the pore of the stoma, so that water vapour collects in it and diminishes the further outflow of vapour.

The amount of watery vapour in the air passing through a stoma has no effect upon it, as the surfaces of the guard cells abutting on the air chamber are strongly cuticularized, and therefore impermeable.

If the membrane is of some impermeable substance, like gold leaf, the hyphae cannot dissolve its way through, but the tip finds the most minute pore and traverses the barrier by means of it, as it does a stoma on a leaf, We may hence conclude that a parasitic hyphae pierces some plants or their stomata and refuses to enter others, because in the former case there are chemotropically attractive substances present which are absent from the latter, or are there replaced by repellent poisonous or protective substances such as enzymes or antitoxins.

She spent the summer at Crawley based Welland Medical Limited, a company specializing in stoma appliances.

As posts develop to meet need, the group now includes colorectal, Macmillan, stoma care, surgical and theater nurses.

Patients experiencing problems with their stoma should see their stoma nurse or contact the British colostomy Association.

Some patients may prefer a stoma protector, which resembles a breathable cravat covering.

This stoma is made using the ileum and is therefore called an ileostomy.

These include, small bowel resection, stoma, excision of fistulas, right nephrectomy, oophorectomy and possible hysterectomy.

Your stoma nurse can help you find the right one.

Your stoma care nurse can tell you which make would be compatible with your current urostomy pouch.

Part of the colon is brought out onto the abdomen to create a stoma.

Stoma formation in colorectal cancer There are three stoma formation in colorectal cancer There are three stoma types predominantly used in patient management.

In the author 's area at lease 50 per cent may require temporary or permanent stoma.

This procedure creates an opening in the abdomen (stoma) through which bowel contents can be discharged into a waste bag.