Surgery. An incision or other superficial wound made to drain an accumulation of pus or other fluid, typically with the insertion of a pea or other…

Surgery. An artificial opening or passage between a hollow organ and the skin, or between two hollow organs, created for therapeutic or research…

An opening opposite another; spec. in Surgery, an opening made in an abscess opposite to one already existing, to facilitate the discharge of matter.

Surgery. An opening made surgically to provide a passage through an anatomical structure; esp. the operation of cutting such an opening into the…

Surgery. A permanent opening made into a hollow organ; spec. one made from outside the body. Frequently attributive, as stoma patient, stoma therapy.

Surgery. A hole cut by a surgeon in any structure of the body.