stoma

See also: Stoma

English

Etymology

From New Latin stoma, from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstəʊmə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstoʊmə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊmə

Noun

stoma (plural stomata or stomas)

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

   Synonym: stomate

2. (medicine) 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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     From a large tote bag sat beside her, she takes out a Victoria Beckham makeup bag, which contains her urostomy night bag, which plugs into the bag on the stoma.

3. (zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
4. An artificial anus.

Derived terms

• stoma bag
• stomatiferous

Related terms

• ostomy
• stomal
• -stomy

Translations

botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf

Catalan: estoma m Chinese: Cantonese: 氣孔 / 气孔 (hei3 hong2) Hokkien: 氣孔 / 气孔 (khì-khóng) Mandarin: 氣孔 / 气孔 (zh) (qìkǒng) Danish: spalteåbning c Faroese: blaðop n Finnish: ilmarako (fi) French: stomate (fr) m Icelandic: loftauga n Maori: poare, poare Norwegian: Bokmål: spalteåpning (no) m or f Occitan: estoma m Portuguese: estoma m Russian: у́стьице (ru) n (ústʹice) Spanish: estoma (es) m Swedish: klyvöppning (sv) c Tagalog: kilitdahon Telugu: పత్రరంధ్రము (patrarandhramu) Thai: ปากใบ (bpàak-bai) Vietnamese: khí khổng (vi)

small opening in a membrane

Finnish: avanne (fi) Hungarian: sztóma Maori: poare Norwegian: Bokmål: spalteåpning (no) m or f Portuguese: estoma m

zoology: mouthlike opening

Finnish: suuaukko (fi)

artificial anus

Finnish: avanne (fi), stooma (fi)

Further reading

• Stoma (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stoma (medicine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MOTAS, Matos, Moats, Motas, atmos, atoms, masto-, moats

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstoːmaː/

• Audio:

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Noun

stoma m (plural stomas or stomata, diminutive stomaatje n)

1. (botany) stoma (one of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass)

Gothic

Romanization

stoma

1. romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

stoma

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Hyphenation: stò‧ma

Noun

stoma m (plural stomi)

1. (botany, zoology, surgery) stoma (all senses)

Anagrams

• masto-

Polish

Alternative forms

• stu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔ.ma/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Syllabification: sto‧ma

Numeral

stoma

1. (rare) instrumental of sto