Associations to the word «Anastomosis»

Wiktionary

ANASTOMOSIS, noun. A cross-connection between two blood vessels
ANASTOMOSIS, noun. An interconnection between any two channels, passages or vessels
ANASTOMOSIS, noun. (medicine) the surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels or other channels

Dictionary definition

ANASTOMOSIS, noun. A natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.