anastomosis
[uh-nas-tuh-moh-sis]
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noun, plural a·nas·to·mo·ses [uh-nas-tuh-moh-seez] /əˌnæs təˈmoʊ siz/.
Anatomy. communication between blood vessels by means of collateral channels, especially when usual routes are obstructed.
Biology, Geology. connection between parts of any branching system, as veinlets in a leaf or branches of a stream.
Surgery, Pathology. a joining of or opening between two organs or spaces that normally are not connected.
Origin of anastomosis
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Anastomosing, forming a net-work (anastomosis), as the veins of leaves, 50.
The Elements of BotanyAsa Gray
Where the anastomosis is less free the process is more prolonged.
Manual of SurgeryAlexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
In such cases the anastomosis between branches of the coronary arteries is unusually free.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
By means of anastomosis, if the course of a fluid is arrested in one vessel it can proceed along others.
It is by anastomosis that circulation is re-established in amputated limbs, and in aneurism when the vessel is tied.
anastomosis
noun plural -ses (-siːz)
Word Origin for anastomosis
C16: via New Latin from Greek: opening, from anastomoun to equip with a mouth, from stoma mouth
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anastomosis
[ə-năs′tə-mō′sĭs]
n. pl. a•nas•to•mo•ses (-sēz)
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