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   anastomosis

   /əˌnastəˈməʊsɪs/

   noun

   • 1. a cross-connection between adjacent channels, tubes, fibres, or other parts of a network. technical
   • ▪ a connection made surgically between adjacent blood vessels, parts of the intestine, or other channels of the body: technical "collateral veins are likely to develop across the anastomosis within a few months"

   Word Origin late 16th century: modern Latin, from Greek anastomōsis, from anastomoun ‘provide with a mouth’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. anastomotic adjective

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