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Definition: Gastrostomy |
GastrostomyNoun1. Surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Gastrostomy \Gas*tros"to*my\, noun. [Gastro- Greek expression mouth.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or gastrointestinal compression. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Gastrostomy |
| Specialty definitions using "gastrostomy": Enteral Nutrition. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If feeding becomes difficult, a gastrostomy tube may be considered. (references) | |
A surgical procedure that may be necessary when there are swallowing disturbances is a gastrostomy. (references) | ||
In severe cases of swallowing problems and malnutrition, physicians may recommend tube feeding, in which a tube delivers food and nutrients down the throat and into the stomach, or gastrostomy, in which a surgical opening allows a tube to be placed directly into the stomach. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Gastrostomy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gastrostomy" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gastrostomy tube | 30 |
gastrostomy | 26 |
gastrostomy feeding tube | 7 |
care gastrostomy | 3 |
button gastrostomy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gastrostomy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | gastrotomi a.m.Hans (Hans gastrostomy), gastroenterostomia retrocolica posterior a.m.Hacker (Hacker gastrostomy), Kader's metode til gastrostomi (Kader gastrostomy). (various references) | |
Dutch | gastro-enterostomia retrocolica posterior van Hacker (Hacker gastrostomy), operatie van Kader (Kader fistula, Kader gastrostomy). (various references) | |
French | gastrostomie sur sonde de Kader (Kader gastrostomy), gastrostomie de Hans (Hans gastrostomy), gastrostomie de Hacker (Hacker gastrostomy), opération de Kader (Kader gastrostomy). (various references) | |
German | Kader Magenfistel (Kader gastrostomy), Kader Gastrostomie (Kader gastrostomy), Hans Magenfistel (Hans gastrostomy), Hacker Gastrostomie (Hacker gastrostomy). (various references) | |
Greek | γαστροστομία Hans (Hans gastrostomy), γαστροστομία Hacker (Hacker gastrostomy). (various references) | |
Italian | gastrostomia di Hans (Hans gastrostomy), gastrostomia di Hacker (Hacker gastrostomy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | astrostomygay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gastrostomia de Hans (Hans gastrostomy), gastrostomia de Hacker (Hacker gastrostomy). (various references) | |
Spanish | gastrostomía de Kader (Kader gastrostomy), gastrostomía de Hans (Hans gastrostomy), gastrostomía de Hacker (Hacker gastrostomy). (various references) | |
Swedish | gastrostomi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "gastrostomy" (pronounced 'Gas*tros"to*my'): Academy, Adenotomy, Adesmy, Adynamy, Agronomy, Alchemy, Allogamy, Anatomy, Andranatomy, Androtomy, Angiotomy, Anomy, Antinomy, Aplotomy, Apogamy, Aponeurotomy, Archenemy, Army, Arrhytmy, Arteriotomy, Astronomy, Atimy, Autogamy, Autonomy, Belamy, BIGAMY, Bionomy, Blasphemy, Blosmy, Bronchotomy, Capsulotomy, Celotomy, Cephalotomy, Chalazogamy, Chasmy, Chirognomy, Chironomy, Cholecystotomy, Chondrotomy, Cirsotomy, Clammy, Cleronomy, Coenogamy, Colotomy, Craniognomy, Craniotomy, Crummy, Cystotomy, Dactylonomy, Demonomy, Deuterogamy, Deuteronomy, Dichogamy, Dichotomy, Digamy, Dormy, Droumy, Dysnomy, Economy, Embryotomy, Encephalotomy, Endogamy, Enterotomy, Entomotomy, Epithalamy, Eponymy, Esophagotomy, Euchymy, Eunomy, Eurythmy, Exogamy, Exophthalmy, Gastroelytrotomy, Gastrohysterotomy, gastronomy, Gastrotomy, Geitonogamy, Gemmy, Gerocomy, Glummy, gummy, Gurmy, Heliochromy, Herniotomy, Herpetotomy, Heterogamy, Heteronomy, Heterophemy, Hippotomy, Histonomy, Histotomy, Homodermy, Homodynamy, Homogamy, Homonomy, Homonymy, Homoplasmy, hysterotomy, Ichthyoomy, Ignomy, infamy, iridectomy, Isonomy, jimmy, laparotomy, laryngectomy, Laryngotomy, Lipothymy, lithotomy, Loxodromy, mammy, Metallochromy, metonymy, Metronomy, Metrotomy, Microtomy, misogamy, Monochromy, monogamy, Morphonomy, my, Myotomy, Necrotomy, Nephrotomy, Neurotomy, Nymphotomy, Occamy, Octogamy, OEconomy, Omphalotomy, Omy, oncotomy, Oophorectomy, Ophthalmy, Orchotomy, Organonymy, Ornithotomy, orthogamy, Orthotomy, Osteotomy, Ovariotomy, Panspermy, Parelectronomy, Paronymy, Pathognomy, Pharyngotomy, Phlebotomy, Photochromy, Physiognomy, Physnomy, Phytochimy, Phytonomy, Plummy, Polemy, Polychromy, Polygamy, Polyonomy, Polyspermy, Polytomy, Posthetomy, Prismy, Proctotomy, Pumy, Rammy, Scotomy, scummy, shammy, shimmy, Splanchnotomy, Splenotomy, Staphylotomy, Stemmy, Stereochromy, Stereotomy, strabotomy, Subdichotomy, Symphyseotomy, Synchondrotomy, synonymy, Syntomy, Syringotomy, tammy, Tarsectomy, Tarsotomy, taxidermy, taxonomy, Tenotomy, Theriotomy, Thoracotomy, Thrummy, Thyrotomy, Tommy, Tonsilotomy, Toponomy, Toponymy, tracheotomy, Trichotomy, Trigamy, Typocosmy, Urethrotomy, Uvulatomy, Varicotomy, Vasectomy, Visnomy, Whimmy, Xenogamy, Xerophthalmy, Xylotomy, Zoochemy, Zoogamy, Zoonomy, Zootomy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-m-o-o-r-s-s-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: gyrostats. | |
-3 letters: gyrostat. | |
-4 letters: grottos, morassy, orgasms, startsy, stators. | |
-5 letters: agorot, argosy, argots, assort, gators, grassy, groats, grooms, grotto, grotty, magots, mayors, morass, morays, motors, mottos, mysost, oogamy, orgasm, ostomy, ottars, roasts, roosts, satyrs, smarts, smarty, sorgos, starts, stator, stoats, stomas, storms, stormy, strays, stroma, stroys, tarots, toasts, toasty, tomato, tootsy, torsos, trysts. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-m-o-o-r-s-s-t-t-y" | |
+3 letters: martyrologists. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101111 01110011 01110100 01101111 01101101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a s t r o s t o m y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 0073 0074 0072 006F 0073 0074 006F 006D 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4167858684818586817991 |
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