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a⋅nas⋅to⋅mo⋅sis

   [uh-nas-tuh-moh-sis]
–noun, plural -ses  [-seez] .
1. Anatomy. communication between blood vessels by means of collateral channels, esp. when usual routes are obstructed.
2. Biology, Geology. connection between parts of any branching system, as veinlets in a leaf or branches of a stream.
3. Surgery, Pathology. a joining of or opening between two organs or spaces that normally are not connected.
Origin:
1605–15; < NL < Gk: opening. See ana-, stoma, -osis
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a·nas·to·mo·sis     (ə-nās'tə-mō'sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. a·nas·to·mo·ses (-sēz)
  1. 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.
  2. Medicine The surgical connection of separate or severed tubular hollow organs to form a continuous channel, as between two parts of the intestine.

[Late Latin anastomōsis, from Greek, outlet, from anastomoun, to furnish with a mouth : ana-, ana- + stoma, mouth.]
a·nas'to·mot'ic (-mŏt'ĭk) adj.
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anastomotic

adjective
of or relating to or exhibiting anastomosis 

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Anastomotic

A*nas`to*mot"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to anastomosis.

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