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anastomose

[uh-nas-tuh-mohz]

a·nas·to·mose

[uh-nas-tuh-mohz]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), a·nas·to·mosed, a·nas·to·mos·ing. Physiology, Anatomy, Geology.
to communicate or connect by anastomosis.

Origin:
1690–1700; back formation from anastomosis
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Anastomose is always a great word to know.
So is consensual. Does it mean:
involuntarily correlative with a voluntary action, as the contraction of the iris when the eye is opened
the change in a muscle by which it becomes thickened and shortened
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anastomose (əˈnæstəˌməʊz)
 
vb
to join (two parts of a blood vessel, etc) by anastomosis

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anastomose a·nas·to·mose (ə-nās'tə-mōz', -mōs')
v. a·nas·to·mosed, a·nas·to·mos·es, a·nas·to·mos·ing

  1. To join by anastomosis.

  2. To be connected by anastomosis.

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