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Webster 1913 Edition


Anastomosis


A-nasˊto-mo′sis

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Noun.
;
pl.
Anastomoses
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[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

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Noun.
The inosculation of vessels, or the opening of one vessel into another, as an artery into a vein; a relaxation or dilation of the mouths of vessels; also the communication of two vessels, as a vein with a vein.

Definition 2024


anastomosis

anastomosis

English

Noun

anastomosis (plural anastomoses)

  1. a cross-connection between two blood vessels
  2. 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.
  3. (medicine) the surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels
  4. The insertion of one word within another, as in "underdarkneath" (James Joyce).

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