anastomose

UK /əˈnæs.təˌmoʊz/ US /əˈnæs.təˌmoʊz/
verb 2adj 2

Definitions

verb

1

To join (two or more things) by anastomosis, to interconnect forming a network.

Happisburgh's humans discarded their stone tools close to one of several anastomosing, slow-flowing low-energy rivers, all of which meandered across a floodplain into a large estuary.

2

To join by anastomosis.

Within eukaryotic cells, distant branches of the tree of life entwine and melt into an inseparable new lineage; they fuse, or anastomose, as fungal hyphae do.

adj

1

Joined or run together; interconnected.

2

Joined or run together, ramified, interconnected.

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