(ū-rē″tĕr-ō-ĭl″ē-ŏs′tō-mē)
[Pronunciation]
[″ + ileum, ileum, + stoma, mouth]
Surgical anastomosis of a ureter to an isolated segment of the ileum.
The ileum is connected to an abdominal stoma so that urine leaves the body via that opening.
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