anastomoses
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anastomoses noun
- A cross-connection between two blood vessels.
- An interconnection between any two channels, passages or vessels.
- The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels.
- The insertion of one word within another, as in "underdarkneath" (James Joyce).
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anastomoses verb
- (of streams and rivers, blood vessels, etc) To join (two or more things) by anastomosis, to interconnect forming a network.
- (of rivers, blood vessels, etc) To join by anastomosis.
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