Dictionary

stoma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈstəʊmə/ (UK)
• /ˈstoʊmə/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *stéh₃mn̥ Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma)der. New Latin stomabor. English stoma Borrowed from New Latin stoma, from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Meanings

1. One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
2. A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy; an artificial anus.
   • From a large tote bag sat beside her, she takes out a Victoria Beckham makeup bag, which contains her urostomy night bag, which plugs into the bag on the stoma. 2024 May 29, Simon Hattenstone, “The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin: ‘I didn’t want to die as some mediocre YBA’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
3. A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.

Forms

Deriveds

microstomia · lipostomy · stomatiferous · macrostomia · ancylostoma · malacostomous · xerostomia · tracheostoma · pseudostoma · acephalostomia · stomaplasty · stoma bag · esophagostoma · stomatous

Relateds

ostomy · -stomy · stomal

Synonyms

stomate

Translations (31)

mi poare (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · nan-hbl 氣孔 /气孔 (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · oc estoma (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · fi avanne (small opening in a membrane) · es estoma (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · fi avanne (artificial anus) · da spalteåbning (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · cs stomie (small opening in a membrane) · fi ilmarako (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · te పత్రరంధ్రము (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · nb spalteåpning (small opening in a membrane) · yue 氣孔 /气孔 (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · fi suuaukko (zoology: mouthlike opening) · pt estoma (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · fo blaðop (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · sv klyvöppning (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · fr stomate (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · mi poare (small opening in a membrane) · nb spalteåpning (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · tr gözenek (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · ru у́стьице (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · tr gözenek (small opening in a membrane) · pt estoma (small opening in a membrane) · hu sztóma (small opening in a membrane) · th ปากใบ (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · cmn 氣孔 /气孔 (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · vi khí khổng (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · ca estoma (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · fi stooma (artificial anus) · is loftauga (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) · tl kilitdahon (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf)