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inosculate

[ in-os-kyuh-leyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

, in·os·cu·lat·ed, in·os·cu·lat·ing.
  1. to unite by openings, as arteries in anastomosis.
  2. to connect or join so as to become or make continuous, as fibers; blend.
  3. to unite intimately.


inosculate

/ ɪnˈɒskjʊˌleɪt /

verb

  1. physiol (of small blood vessels) to communicate by anastomosis
  2. to unite or be united so as to be continuous; blend
  3. to intertwine or cause to intertwine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • inˌoscuˈlation, noun
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Other Words From

  • in·oscu·lation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inosculate1

First recorded in 1665–75; in- 2 + osculate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inosculate1

C17: from in- ² + Latin ōsculāre to equip with an opening, from ōsculum, diminutive of ōs mouth
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Example Sentences

To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.

It is probable that this union took place when these bodies were in a soft state, and the vessels inosculated in their intricate ramifications with greater facility, until further development had consolidated the junction.

Their flashes are instantaneous, and they impress upon the hearts' tablets of their correspondents, with unmistakeable accuracy, the sentiments of the inosculated spirits.

I point so often to the feelings, the ideas, or the ceremonies of religion, because there never yet was profound grief nor profound philosophy which did not inosculate at many points with profound religion.

The capillaries inosculate, on the one hand, with the terminal extremity of the arteries, and on the other, with the commencement of the veins.

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