Anastomosis
WordNet

noun


(1)   A natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
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Etymology


From αναστομωσις, from αναστομουν ‘furnish with a mouth or outlet’, from ανα- ‘up, back, again, anew’ + στομα ‘mouth’.

Noun


  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. the surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood-vessels or other channels
 
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