inosculation
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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
Thus new vessels shoot over the cornea of inflamed eyes, and into scirrhous tumours, when they become inflamed; and hence all inflamed parts grow together by intermixture, and inosculation of the new and old vessels.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus 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 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
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
What is the apparent design of the inosculations of the veins?
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
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
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