anastomosis

/əˈnæstəˌmoʊsəs/
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Other forms: anastomoses

Definitions of anastomosis
  1. noun
    a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
    synonyms: inosculation
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    type of:
    colligation, conjugation, conjunction, junction
    the state of being joined together
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