English Dictionary

anastomosis

/ənæstəˈməʊsɪs/

noun

A cross-connection between two blood vessels. / An interconnection between any two channels, passages or vessels.

The surgeon performed an anastomosis to connect the two blood vessels.

意味（1）

A cross-connection between two blood vessels.

意味（2）

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.

意味（3）

(surgery) The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels.

意味（4）

The insertion of one word within another, as in "underdarkneath" (James Joyce).