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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ileostomy /ˌɪlɪˈɒstəmi/

▶noun (pl. ileostomies) a surgical operation in which a damaged part is removed from the ileum and the end diverted to an artificial opening.

– origin C19: from ileum + Gk stoma ‘mouth’.

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