a·nas·to·mo·sis 
(ə-năs′tə-mōsĭs)
(ə-năs′tə-mōsĭs)n. pl. a·nas·to·mo·ses (-sēz)
1. The connection of separate parts of a branching system to form a network, as of leaf veins, blood vessels, or a river and its branches.
2. Medicine The surgical connection of separate or severed tubular hollow organs to form a continuous channel, as between two parts of the intestine.
[Late Latin anastomōsis, from Greek, outlet, from anastomoun, to furnish with a mouth : ana-, ana- + stoma, mouth.]
a·nas′to·motic (-mŏtĭk) adj.
- Indo-European root: tu-
- Indo-European root: ud-
- Indo-European root: uks-en-
- Indo-European root: uper
- Indo-European root: upo
- Indo-European root: wal-
- Indo-European root: wap-
- Indo-European root: we-
- Indo-European root: webh-
- Indo-European root: wed-
- Indo-European root: wed-
- Indo-European root: weg-
- Indo-European root: wegh-
- Indo-European root: wei-
- Indo-European root: weid-
- Indo-European root: weik-
- Indo-European root: weik-
- Indo-European root: weik-
- Indo-European root: weip-
- Indo-European root: weiə-
- Indo-European root: wekti-
- Indo-European root: wekw-
- Indo-European root: wel-
- Indo-European root: wel-
- Indo-European root: welə-