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"I have swallowed more dust than bread," he said in his living room, as he showed the stoma bag he now has to use.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

One of Recondition's best-selling items are stoma bag covers.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

"I always say my stoma bag is just new accessory. It's just another bag and that was where the whole idea came from to like make covers for it and have it as an accessory."

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

By February 2023 he underwent a second, major surgery to remove the tumour and his bladder, leaving him with two stoma bags, one linked to his bowel and one to his bladder.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025

Etym., μελας, melas, black, and στομα, stoma, mouth; because the fruit of one of these species stains the lips.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

"Doctors have told me that if they'd caught it sooner, I wouldn't have ended up the way I am, living with two stomas and being in early menopause at the age of 31."

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024

The model, who made it to the final of the BBC's hit reality series, said her "main goal" after the show was to raise awareness of disabilities and break the taboo around stomas.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024

She says there is a huge stigma around fistulas and stomas in the Kenyan culture.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2023

Gill found out that women in Kenya resort to using plastic bags, bread wrappers and sometimes tissue to deal with the waste from their stomas.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2023

She has undergone 16 separate surgeries and has two stomas and catheter.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2023

This limitation matters because stomata respond quickly to changes in light, temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide levels.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026

As carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increase, plants may need to open their stomata less frequently, leading to decreased transpiration and preserving more groundwater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024

This probably happens because the bladder cells partially cover the stomata on the plant's leaves, a point of entry for many bacterial invaders.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023

But when the air and soil are so dry that they can’t meet demand, a tree will eventually close the stomata, or pores, on its leaves to avoid losing precious water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2023

Leaves from 3 to 9 cm. long, entire, or serrulate in the southern variety, persistent for five or six years; stomata dorsal and ventral or, in the south, sometimes ventral only; resin-ducts external.

From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw