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Stoma vs Stomate - What's the difference?

stoma | stomate |

As nouns the difference between stoma and stomate

is that stoma is stoma (all senses) while stomate is (archaic) stoma.

stoma

English

Noun

(wikipedia stoma) (en-noun)
  • (botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
  • 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.
  • (zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
  • An artificial anus.

    • Related terms

    * ostomy * -stomy

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    stomate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) stoma
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