stoma

From New Latin, Borrowed from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstəʊmə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstoʊmə/
• Rhymes: -əʊmə

stoma (plural stomata or stomas)

1. (botany) 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.
3. (zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
4. An artificial anus.

• ostomy
• stomal
• -stomy

• MOTAS, Matos, Motas, atmos, atoms, masto-, moats

• IPA^(key): /ˈstoːmaː/

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stoma m (plural stoma's or stomata, diminutive stomaatje n)

1. stoma, (botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

stoma

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰

stoma m (plural stomi)

1. (botany, zoology, surgery) stoma (all senses)