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anastomosis
noun pl. anastomoses
- interconnection between blood vessels, nerves, veins in a leaf, channels of a river, etc.
- 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
Related Forms:
- anastomotic adjective
See anastomosis in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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