anastomosis
/ənæstəˈməʊsɪs/
anastomosis noun: a cross-connection between two blood vessels.
Noun
anastomosis (countable and uncountable, plural anastomoses)
- A cross-connection between two blood vessels.
- 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.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
- A dark purple fluid appeared to pulse in the tortuous anastomoses of channels which lay under the surface.1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed
- 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).
anastomosis meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Indonesian
anastomosis in Tamil
- இரத்த நாளங்களின் பின்னல், பின்னிக் கிளைத்துப் பரவுதல், வலையிணைப்பு, நாளப்பிணைப்பு
anastomosis in Urdu
- آنتوں کی جراحی
anastomosis in Indonesian
- connection between blood vessels
- anastomosis
- creation of a connection between blood vessels
- anastomosis
- connection between two channels
- anastomosis
Forms of anastomosis
| plural | anastomoses |
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Origin of anastomosis
From Ancient Greek ἀναστόμωσις (anastómōsis), from ἀναστομόω (anastomóō, “furnish with a mouth or outlet”).
Words formed from anastomosis
Questions about anastomosis
- What does anastomosis mean?
- Anastomosis means a cross-connection between two blood vessels.
- What is anastomosis in Tamil?
- Anastomosis in Tamil is இரத்த நாளங்களின் பின்னல், பின்னிக் கிளைத்துப் பரவுதல், வலையிணைப்பு. See Anastomosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is anastomosis?
- Anastomosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anastomosis?
- Anastomosis is pronounced /ənæstəˈməʊsɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of anastomosis?
- The plural of anastomosis is anastomoses.
Words near anastomosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anastomosis (page history and authors); anastomosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anastomosis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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