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Webster 1913 Edition
Anastomosis
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A-nasˊto-mo′sis
,Noun.
pl.
Anastomoses
. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] opening, fr. [GREEK] to furnish with a mouth or opening, to open; [GREEK] + [GREEK] mouth: cf. F.
anastomose
.] (Anat. & Bot.)
The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anastomosis
ANASTOMO'SIS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
anastomosis
anastomosis
English
Noun
anastomosis (plural anastomoses)
- a cross-connection between two blood vessels
- an interconnection between any two channels, passages or vessels
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses,
- (...) our grandam, which we are linked up with by successive anastomosis of navelcords sold us all, seed, breed and generation, for a penny pippin.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses,
- (medicine) the surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels
- The insertion of one word within another, as in "underdarkneath" (James Joyce).
Translations
connection between two channels
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connection between blood vessels
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creation of a connection between blood vessels
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