stoma

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She said: "Seeing stoma bags that are glittery and frilly it shows people that we're not just patients we're actually people."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

She now lives with a stoma and needs regular monitoring.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Her illness had led to her pulling off her stoma bag that collects bodily waste from the abdomen.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

The stoma, a small hole in her abdomen, removes the waste from her body into the fitted bag, which Lucy has to regularly empty.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 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 Lyell, Charles, Sir