
1) Aperture 2) Botanical breather 3) Botanical opening 4) Botanical pore 5) Breathing pore in a plant 6) Breathing pore in plants 7) Epidermal plant opening 8) Hole in a leaf 9) Leaf aperture 10) Leaf opening 11) Leaf openings 12) Leaf orifice 13) Leaf pore 14) Minute epidermal pore 15) Minute plant opening
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1) Hole 2) Hydathode 3) Lenticel 4) Pore 5) Stomate
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- a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem
- a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)
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a pore where gases are exchanged, a mouth
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1. In plants: Aperture in the epidermis of a leaf, stem, or fruit, bound by two guard cells and functioning in gas exchange. 2. In nematodes: Buccal capsule. (Pl. stomata.)
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• (n.) The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium. • (n.) The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells. • (n.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b)....
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(from the article `speech`) ...have had their larynx removed (laryngectomy) because of cancer. Laryngectomy requires the suturing of the remaining trachea into a hole above the ...
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A surgically created opening from an area inside the body to the outside.
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An opening, through the abdomen created surgically (a general term-see also Ileostomy and Colostomy).
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<botany> Pore in the epidermis of leaves and some stems, which permits gas exchange through the epidermis. Can be open or closed, depending upon the physiological state of the plant. Flanked by stomatal guard cells. ... (06 Mar 1998) ...
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(sto´mә) pl. stomas, sto´mata a mouthlike opening. an artificial opening that has made from the skin surface to the inside of the body and is kept open for drainage or other purposes; the most common types are those made in the abdominal wall for a colostomy, ureterostomy, ileal conduit, or other type...
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A small, mouth-like, opening on the abdomen, made by surgery to bring a tube (such as an intestine) to the surface of the body. A stoma may be a temporary or permanent new route for bodily waste to leave the body.
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(in surgery) the artificial opening of a tube (e.g. colon or ileum) that has been brought to the abdominal surface
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An opening, created surgically within certain organs, that is brought from inside the body to the outside, eg a colostomy.
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(= stomata (plural)) Pore in the epidermis of leaves and some stems, which permits gas exchange through the epidermis. Can be open or closed, depending upon the physiological state of the plant. Flanked by stomatal guard cells.
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Sto'ma noun ;
plural Stomata . [ New Latin , from Greek ..., ..., a mouth.]
1. (Anat.) One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.
2. (Botany) (a) The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into th...
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A small opening in a leaf, where air can enter and exit.
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a pore where gases are exchanged, a mouth
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An opening to the outside of the body formed during surgery. Can be a colostomy (opening of the large bowel onto the abdomen), ileostomy (opening of the small bowel onto the abdomen), urostomy (opening of the urine system onto the abdomen after bladder removal) or a tracheostomy (a hole in the neck into the airway).
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a surgically formed opening on a body surface
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An artificial opening between an organ and the skin surface, formed by surgery. There are different types including a tracheostomy (formed from the windpipe), ileostomy (formed from the small bowel), colostomy (formed from the large bowel), and urostomy (formed from the bladder).
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pore noun a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
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noun a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)
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any of various small apertures, esp. one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged. · a mouth or ingestive opening, esp. when in the form of a small or simple aperture. · an artificial opening between two hollow organs or between one hollow organ and the outside of the bo...
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a surgically created opening in an organ, such as the stomach (gastrostomy) or intestine (colostomy).
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