English Dictionary: Anastomoses | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Anastomosis \[d8]A*nas`to*mo"sis\, n.; pl. {Anastomoses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] opening, fr. [?] to furnish with a mouth or opening, to open; [?] + sto`ma mouth: cf. F. anastomose.] (Anat. & Bot.) The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins. |