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Anastomosis

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Noun

1. anastomosis, inosculation

a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous

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Anastomosis

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noun plural -ses (-siːz)
1. 
a natural connection between two tubular structures, such as blood vessels
2. 
the surgical union of two hollow organs or parts that are normally separate
3. 
the separation and rejoining in a reticulate pattern of the veins of a leaf or of branches

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Anastomosis

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nounWord forms: plural aˌnastoˈmoˌses (əˌnæstəmoʊˌsiz ; ənasˌtəmōsēzˌ)
1. 
interconnection between blood vessels, nerves, veins in a leaf, channels of a river, etc.
2. 
a surgical joining of one hollow or tubular organ to another, as of the severed ends of the intestine after resection, or of two nerves

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Anastomosis

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n. pl. a·nas·to·mo·ses (-sēz)
1. The connection of separate parts of a branching system to form a network, as of leaf veins, blood vessels, or a river and its branches.
2. Medicine The surgical connection of separate or severed tubular hollow organs to form a continuous channel, as between two parts of the intestine.

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