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| gas·tros·to·my [ ga stróstəmee ] (plural gas·tros·to·mies) |
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surgery to create opening into stomach: a surgical operation in which an opening for a tube is made through the wall of the stomach and joined to an opening in the adjacent abdominal wall. It allows food and liquids to be placed directly into the stomach via a tube when the esophagus is affected by disease or recovering from surgery.
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