Tracheostomy vs Stoma - What's the difference?
tracheostomy | stoma |
(surgery) A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.
(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.