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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anastomosis \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: anastomosis n : a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous [syn: {inosculation}]
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