Noun stoma has 2 senses
  1. stoma, stomate, pore - a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
    --1 is a kind of aperture
    --1 has particulars: hydathode, water pore, water stoma; lenticel
  2. stoma - a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)
    --2 is a kind of
    orifice, opening, porta
    --2 is a part of colostomy; tracheostomy, tracheotomy
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