Anastomosis
WordNet
noun
(1) A natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From αναστομωσις, from αναστομουν ‘furnish with a mouth or outlet’, from ανα- ‘up, back, again, anew’ + στομα ‘mouth’.
Noun
- a cross-connection between two blood vessels
- 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.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses,
- the surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood-vessels or other channels