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n. - A surgical operation that creates an opening from the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum to the surface of the body to function as an anus.

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  • A colostomy is a surgical procedure that brings the large intestine through the abdominal wall.
  • KING: ... and nobody had ever discussed colostomy.
  • You ask them to help you empty your colostomy bag.
  • Pants up to his nipples to hide the colostomy bag.
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