Definitions for stomas
stomas
sto·ma
Spelling: [stoh-muh]
IPA: /ˈstoʊ mə/
Stomas is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 109 anagrams from letters in stomas (amosst).
Definitions for stomas
noun
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Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
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Zoology. a mouth or ingestive opening, especially when in the form of a small or simple aperture.
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Medicine/Medical. an artificial opening between two hollow organs or between one hollow organ and the outside of the body, constructed to permit the passage of body fluids or waste products.
Origin of stomas
1675-85; New Latin Greek stóma mouth
Examples for stomas
stomate (Latin stoma, plural stomata), the breathing-pores of leaves, 144.
Poson oun estin, ho alloioi, kai d theasmetha; pleon men kata to stoma, meion d' kata to Pg 252Greek text hpar te kai tas phlebas.
By change in shape of these cells the opening of the stoma is made larger or smaller.