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colostomy bag |
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bag (bag) sac; a flexible container. colostomy bag a bag worn over the stoma to receive fecal discharge after colostomy. ileostomy bag a plastic or latex bag attached to the body for collection of urine or fecal material after ileostomy or cystoplasty. Politzer's bag a soft bag of rubber for inflating the auditory tube. bag of waters popular name for the amniotic sac.
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The case came to light last week after witnesses said they saw a Hollywood Presbyterian van drop off a paraplegic in Skid Row, without a wheelchair and a broken colostomy bag. Mr P attached a colostomy bag to his skin with adhesive strips, leaving the bag outside the prosthesis. The man with the colostomy bag walks by on his way from the showers, and a friend of mine leans over to me, wincing. |
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