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Anastomosis

/ənæstəˈməʊsɪs/

A cross-connection between two blood vessels.

📖 Definitions of "Anastomosis"

noun
  1. 1

    A cross-connection between two blood vessels.

  2. 2

    An interconnection between any two channels, passages or vessels.

  3. 3

    The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels.

  4. 4

    The insertion of one word within another, as in "underdarkneath" (James Joyce).

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