anastomose

2 definitions found

anastomose - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anastomose \A*nas"to*mose\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Anastomozed;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Anastomosing.] [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr.
     anastomose. See Anastomosis.]
     1. (Anat. & Bot.) To inosculate; to intercommunicate by
        anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing
              network of its vessels.               --I. Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Of any channels or lines, to meet and unite or run into
        each other, as rivers; to coalesce; to interjoin.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

anastomose - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anastomose
      v 1: come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels
           anastomose" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]
      2: cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis;
         "anastomose blood vessels" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]