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anastomosis

noun
/ənæstəˈməʊsɪs/UK

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναστόμωσις (anastómōsis), from ἀναστομόω (anastomóō, “furnish with a mouth or outlet”).

  1. derived from ἀναστόμωσις

Definitions

  1. A cross-connection between two blood vessels.

  2. An interconnection between any two channels, passages or vessels.

    • (...) our grandam, which we are linked up with by successive anastomosis of navelcords sold us all, seed, breed and generation, for a penny pippin.
    • A dark purple fluid appeared to pulse in the tortuous anastomoses of channels which lay under the surface.

  3. The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other…

    The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The insertion of one word within another, as in "underdarkneath" (James Joyce).

The neighborhood

Derived

anastomotic, enteroanastomosis, gastroanastomosis, gastroenteroanastomosis, microanastomosis, neuroanastomosis, reanastomosis, ureterocystanastomosis

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anastomosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA