ANASTOMOSE

ANAS'TOMOSE, verb intransitive s as z. [Gr. mouth.]To inosculate; to unite the mouth of one vessel with another, as the arteries with the veins.

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A‐nas″to‐mose (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Anastomozed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Anastomosing.] [[Cf. F. anastomoser, fr. anastomose. See Anastomosis.]] (Anat. & Bot.) To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels. I. Taylor.