anastomose

[uh-nas-tuh-mohz]

verb (used with or without object)

Physiology, Anatomy, Geology.

anastomosed, anastomosing 

1. to communicate or connect by anastomosis.

anastomose

/ əˈnæstəˌməʊz /

verb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of anastomose¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; back formation from anastomosis

Example Sentences

Nor have anastomosing tunnels or polygonal entrances been observed in fungal diggings previously.

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Blood and lymphatic endothelial cells never intermixed during vessel development, nor did blood and lymphatic capillaries anastomose under the described circumstances.

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The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels.

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Sometimes headache or other cerebral symptoms arise, probably from the fact that the meningeal artery, which supplies the meninges, is connected by anastomosing branches with the tympanum.

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Small accessory tentacles lie in grooves, but there is no tentacular pouch; the meridianal vessels anastomose in the lobes.

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