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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.

colostomy bag
n.
A receptacle worn over the stoma to collect feces following a colostomy.


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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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