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anastomoses

verb

Meaning

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

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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