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missdaredevil



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:40 am    Post subject: colostomy bag Reply with quote

..left behind a crucial evidence: his *colostomy bag*?

Is what a medical term? Is the meaning commonly known?

operation creating an artificial anus: a surgical operation that creates an artificial anus through an opening made in the abdomen from the colon
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bud



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, it's a medical term and it is commonly known. For example, a person who had intestinal cancer may end up having to use a colostomy bag.
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Bob S.



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Somewhat commonly known.
When a person has polyps or tumors in their colon, they sometimes have to endure a colonectomy (complete or partial removal of the colon). But body waste has to go someplace, so the small intestine will be attached to a tube that runs outside a hole cut into the abdomen, and the tube dumps into a colostomy bag that must be detached and emptied several times each day.
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