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Glossaries

For many of us, medical and health insurance terms are unfamiliar or complex. Our glossaries define some of those terms.


		Colostomy The opening of a portion of the colon through the abdominal wall to its outside surface. This is performed when the feces cannot pass through the colon and out the anus because of a pathological condition or surgical removal of the distal bowel.

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