anastomosis

(ə nas′tə mō′sis)

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

Origin: ModL < Gr anastomōsis, opening < ana-, again + stomoein, to provide with a mouth < stoma, mouth

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See anastomosis in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. a·nas·to·mo·ses (-sēz)

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.
Medicine The surgical connection of separate or severed tubular hollow organs to form a continuous channel, as between two parts of the intestine.

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Origin: Late Latin anastomōsis

Origin: , from Greek, outlet

Origin: , from anastomoun, to furnish with a mouth

Origin: : ana-, ana-

Origin: + stoma, mouth

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