stoma

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

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

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• Rhymes: -əʊmə

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.
   • 2024 May 29, Simon Hattenstone, “The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin: ‘I didn’t want to die as some mediocre YBA’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

• stoma bag
• stomatiferous

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈstoːmaː/

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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)

stoma

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰

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

stoma m (plural stomi)

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

• masto-

• stu

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔ.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Syllabification: sto‧ma

stoma

1. (rare) instrumental of sto