OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32068

anastomosis

/ənæstəˈməʊsɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
anastomosis
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.
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