See Also: neostomy(medicine)

cognition (oh) and neostomy (medicine)


cognition (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: cognitio, from cognoscere 'to be familiar with, know', from co- ( CO-) + gnoscere 'to come to know']
formal the process of knowing, understanding, and learning something
::the regions of the brain that are responsible for memory and cognition

neostomy (medicine)


neostomy
<procedure> Surgical construction of a new or artificial opening.

Origin: neo-+ G. Stoma, mouth