anastomose

American  

[uh-nas-tuh-mohz] / əˈnæs təˌmoʊz /

verb (used with or without object)

Physiology, Anatomy, Geology.

anastomosed, anastomosing

1. to communicate or connect by anastomosis.

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anastomose British  

/ əˈnæstəˌməʊz /

verb

1. to join (two parts of a blood vessel, etc) by anastomosis

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Etymology

Origin of anastomose

First recorded in 1690–1700; back formation from anastomosis

Example Sentences

Occasionally one or two filaments cross from one wall to another, and once I have seen these anastomose.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

The diaphysis is also nourished by numerous blood vessels from the periosteum, which penetrate the cortex through the Haversian canals and anastomose with those derived from the nutrient artery.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

The gills are white, broad, not much crowded, and run down on the stem in long elevated lines resembling veins, which anastomose often in a reticulate fashion.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

Capillitium of very slender pale violet threads, which branch and anastomose to form a dense interior network of large irregular meshes, and then spread out into a superficial network of small polygonal meshes.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

The ramifications of these series freely anastomose with corresponding vessels of the opposite side.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton