anastomosis
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀναστόμωσις (anastómōsis), from ἀναστομόω (anastomóō, “furnish with a mouth or outlet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
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anastomosis (countable and uncountable, plural anastomoses)
- A cross-connection between two blood vessels.
- An interconnection between any two channels, passages or vessels.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- (...) our grandam, which we are linked up with by successive anastomosis of navelcords sold us all, seed, breed and generation, for a penny pippin.
- 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed[1]:
- A dark purple fluid appeared to pulse in the tortuous anastomoses of channels which lay under the surface.
- (surgery) The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels.
- The insertion of one word within another, as in "underdarkneath" (James Joyce).
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[edit]Translations
[edit]connection between two channels
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connection between blood vessels
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creation of a connection between blood vessels
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Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anastomosis f (plural anastomosis)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “anastomosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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