anastomose

American  

[uh-nas-tuh-mohz] / əˈnæs təˌmoʊz /

verb (used with or without object)

Physiology, Anatomy, Geology.

anastomosed, anastomosing

1. to communicate or connect by anastomosis.

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anastomose British  

/ əˈnæstəˌməʊz /

verb

1. to join (two parts of a blood vessel, etc) by anastomosis

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Etymology

Origin of anastomose

First recorded in 1690–1700; back formation from anastomosis

Example Sentences

The threads appear at first sight entirely simple, but are really several times furcate, and not infrequently anastomose.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

The bole bears sharp, broad-based thorns; the wings or flying buttresses are larger; several trunks rarely anastomose; the branches seldom stand out horizontally, nor are the leaves disposed in distinct festoons.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In Merulius distinct tubes are not present, but the surface is more or less irregularly pitted, the pits being separated from each other by folds which anastomose, forming a network.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

These represent ridges or crests which anastomose over the pileus, forming reticulations.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

Capillitium of slender brown or blackish threads, which immediately branch and anastomose, forming a dense interior network of large irregular meshes, the ultimate branchlets of which support a superficial network of small polygonal meshes.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)