ANASTOMOSE

anastomose, inosculate

(verb) cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis; “anastomose blood vessels”

anastomose, inosculate

(verb) come together or open into each other; “the blood vessels anastomose”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

anastomose (third-person singular simple present anastomoses, present participle anastomosing, simple past and past participle anastomosed)

(transitive) (of streams and rivers, blood vessels, etc) To join (two or more things) by anastomosis, to interconnect forming a network.

(intransitive) (of rivers, blood vessels, etc) To join by anastomosis.

Synonyms

• interconnect

• interjoin

Adjective

anastomose (comparative more anastomose, superlative most anastomose)

(botany, mycology) Joined or run together. Interconnected

(of rivers, etc) Joined or run together, ramified, interconnected

Anagrams

• Sao Tomeans, SĂŁo TomĂ©ans

Source: Wiktionary


A*nas"to*mose, v. i. [imp. p. p. Anastomozed; p. pr. Anastomosing.] Etym: [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr. anastomose. See Anastomosis.] (Anat. & Bot.)

Definition: To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HABIT

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