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enterostomy noun[ C ] medical specializeduk /ˌen.təˈrɒs.tə.mi/ us /ˌen.təˈrɑː.stə.mi/ a medical operation to make an opening into the intestine, for example to put in a tube to feed someone: The inability to eat may result in the need for gastrostomy or enterostomy feedings. In general, enterostomies were avoided wherever possible. The duodenal segment leak was repaired, patched, and drained externally with an enterostomy tube. He underwent a Kasai procedure, hepatoportal enterostomy, at 10 days of life. She was unable to eat, resulting in feeding via enterostomy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Medical treatment: surgery ablate ablation adenoidectomy adrenalectomy allograft amputation anaesthesia blood transfusion endarterectomy endonasal enucleate enucleated enucleation general anaesthetic pump something out reduction mammaplasty regraft reimplant reimplantation suture |