See Also: stomato-(medicine)
stomato-(dictionary)

stomato- (iou)



stomato- combining form.
[from mod. Latin or Greek stomat-, stoma mouth: see -O-.]
Chiefly Zoology & Medicine. Forming nouns and adjectives in the sense 'of or relating to the mouth, a stoma, or a structure resembling a mouth'.
stomato'daeum, stomato'deum noun (Embryology & Zoology) = STOMODAEUM L19.
stomato'gastric adjective pertaining to or connected with the mouth and stomach; spec. designating a system of visceral nerves in invertebrates: M19.
stomato'logical adjective relating to stomatology E20.
stoma'tologist noun a specialist in stomatology E20.
stoma'tology noun the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the mouth L19.
stomatoplasty noun (Medicine, rare) plastic surgery of the mouth M19.
stomatoporoid adjective (Zoology & Palaeontology) of, resembling, or characteristic of a branching colonial bryozoan of the genus Stomatopora L19.