anastomosis
Collocations
3ADJ.
successive
ANASTOMOSIS + NOUN
navelcords
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
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.
A dark purple fluid appeared to pulse in the tortuous anastomoses of channels which lay under the surface.
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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Synonyms
noun — a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubula
- inosculation
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2(...) our grandam, which we are linked up with by successive anastomosis of navelcords sold us all, seed, breed and generation, for a penny pippin.
WiktionaryA dark purple fluid appeared to pulse in the tortuous anastomoses of channels which lay under the surface.
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