inosculation

American  

[i-nahs-kyuh-lay-shuhn] / ɪˌnɑs kjəˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

• inosculations
  plural

1. the act or process of inosculating.

2. a joining or connection.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• inosculations
  plural

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inosculation inosculations

The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

It should be added that the course of the vessels differs somewhat in different leaves, and even on opposite sides of the same leaf, but the main inosculation is always present.

From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

They increase in frequency with diminution in the size of the branches, so that through the medium of the minute ramifications, the entire body may be considered as one circle of inosculation.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter

But the union of the vessels in this zigzag line seems to be much less intimate than at the main inosculation.

From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

But where shall we find the first atom in this house of man, which is all consent, inosculation, and balance of parts?

From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various

The only communications between the two circulations, were the foramen ovale, the ductus arteriosus, and, in the opinion of M. Tiedemann, the inosculations between the branches of the pulmonary and bronchial arteries.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache

By means of the two inosculations all the vessels on the same side of the leaf are brought into some sort of connection.

From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

What is the apparent design of the inosculations of the veins?

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter