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stoma

[stoh-muh] / ˈstoʊ mə /
NOUN
areola
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"I always say my stoma bag is just new accessory. It's just another bag and that was where the whole idea came from to like make covers for it and have it as an accessory."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

One of Recondition's best-selling items are stoma bag covers.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

"I just changed my stoma bag in my tent most of the time, just because I know who's been in there, and it feels like the cleanest place," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

The stoma, a small hole in her abdomen, removes the waste from her body into the fitted bag, which Lucy has to regularly empty.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

The layer forming the roof is called the "epidermis," and the small opening left leading into the chamber is bounded by a special ring of cells and forms the "stoma" or air-pore.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various