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There is everywhere a mutual anastomosis and inosculation of the arteries with the veins, and they severally transmit both blood and spirit, by certain invisible and undoubtedly very narrow passages.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

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 Darwin, Charles

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 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 Webster, Noah

Anastomo�sis, in animals and plants, the inosculation of vessels, or the opening of one vessel into another, as an artery into another artery, or a vein into a vein.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various