Stoma

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊmÉ™

Origin

From Ancient Greek στόμα (stoma, "mouth").

Noun

1. (botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
2. 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.
3. (zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
4. An artificial anus.

Related terms

• ostomy
• -stomy

Anagrams

• atoms
• moats
• MOTAS