Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parastomal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paras-tom-al
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Around a stoma.

Example Sentences

"Only one case of gallbladder volvulus within an incisional hernia has been previously described, but it was a parastomal herniation (Rosenblum et al. 2013)."

Etymology

From para- + stomal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: para

Questions

What does parastomal mean?: Around a stoma.
Where does parastomal come from?: From para- + stomal.

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