Anastomosis Definition
ə-năstə-mōsĭs
anastomoses
noun
anastomoses
Interconnection between blood vessels, nerves, veins in a leaf, channels of a river, etc.
Webster's New World
A surgical joining of one hollow or tubular organ to another, as of the severed ends of the intestine after resection, or of two nerves.
Webster's New World
The connection of separate parts of a branching system to form a network, as of leaf veins, blood vessels, or a river and its branches.
American Heritage Medicine
The surgical connection of separate or severed tubular hollow organs to form a continuous channel, as between two parts of the intestine.
American Heritage Medicine
A cross-connection between two blood vessels.
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Origin of Anastomosis
Late Latin anastomōsis from Greek outlet from anastomoun to furnish with a mouth ana- ana- stoma mouth
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ἀναστόμωσις (anastomōsis), from ἀναστομόω (anastomoō, “furnish with a mouth or outlet”).
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