The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anastomosis \A*nas`to*mo"sis\, n.; pl. Anastomoses. [NL., fr. Gr. ? opening, fr. ? to furnish with a mouth or opening, to open; ? + ? 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.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of anastomosis English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: anastomose)
WordNet
n. a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous [syn: inosculation]
[also: anastomoses (pl)]
See anastomosis
Usage examples of "anastomoses".
A dark purple fluid appeared to pulse in the tortuous anastomoses of channels which lay under the surface.
Happily the case had GODPLAYER 253 gone tolerably well although he again had trouble sewing the anastomoses.
Happily the case had gone tolerably well although he again had trouble sewing the anastomoses.