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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anastomose1

First recorded in 1690–1700; back formation from anastomosis
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

He gives the name terminal arteries to those which have no anastomosing arterial branches.

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

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