stoma
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Her illness had led to her pulling off her stoma bag that collects bodily waste from the abdomen.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
By February 2023 he underwent a second, major surgery to remove the tumour and his bladder, leaving him with two stoma bags, one linked to his bowel and one to his bladder.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
Lucy's condition means she has additional access needs and requires a clean space to change her stoma bag, as well as access to disabled toilets.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
But she has one other consideration - packing the essentials for her stoma bag.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
Each of these openings is called a stoma.
From Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf by Jane H. Newell
"Doctors have told me that if they'd caught it sooner, I wouldn't have ended up the way I am, living with two stomas and being in early menopause at the age of 31."
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024
The Traitors finalist Mollie Pearce says her "main goal" after the show is to raise awareness of disabilities and break the taboo around stomas.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
The vest also has a pocket on the back with extra stomas and supplies.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2023
Gill Castle swam mostly in the dark from Dover to France in 14 hours to raise awareness of birth injures and people with stomas.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
She has undergone 16 separate surgeries and has two stomas and catheter.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2023
When water reaches the leaves, it evaporates through tiny openings known as stomata.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
As carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increase, plants may need to open their stomata less frequently, leading to decreased transpiration and preserving more groundwater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
Coincidentally, the closure of stomata also obstructs the preferred entry points for nutrient-sucking pests like spider mites.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2024
But when the air and soil are so dry that they can’t meet demand, a tree will eventually close the stomata, or pores, on its leaves to avoid losing precious water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2023
Transpiration is loss of water by the plant by evaporation, chiefly from the minute pores or stomata on the leaves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
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