anastomotic

Variant of anastomosis

anastomosis definition

anas·to·mo·sis (ə nas′tə mō′sis)

noun pl. anastomoses -·ses′ (-sēz′)

  1. interconnection between blood vessels, nerves, veins in a leaf, channels of a river, etc.
  2. 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

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

Related Forms:

  • anastomotic anas′·to·mot′ic (-mät′ik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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