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Tracheostomy vs Stoma - What's the difference?

tracheostomy | stoma |

As nouns the difference between tracheostomy and stoma

is that tracheostomy is 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 while stoma is one of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

tracheostomy

English

Alternative forms

*tracheotomy

Noun

(tracheostomies)
  • (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.
  • 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.