to join (two parts of a blood vessel, etc) by anastomosis
anastomose in American English
(əˈnæstəˌmoʊz; əˈnæstəˌmoʊs)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: aˈnastoˌmosed or aˈnastoˌmosing
to join by anastomosis
Word origin
Fr anastomoser
anastomose in American English
(əˈnæstəˌmouz)
transitive verb or intransitive verbWord forms: -mosed, -mosing
Physiology, Anatomy & Geology
to communicate or connect by anastomosis
Word origin
[1690–1700; back formation from anastomosis]This word is first recorded in the period 1690–1700. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: additive, cocoon, dogwatch, foolscap, migrate
Examples of 'anastomose' in a sentence
anastomose
In addition, donor lymphatic vessels appeared to spontaneously re-anastomose with recipient vessels.
Alan Yan, Tomer Avraham, Jamie C Zampell, Seth Z Aschen, Babak J Mehrara 2011, 'Mechanisms of lymphatic regeneration after tissue transfer.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3040774?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was possible to anastomose it to the right coronary artery or circunflex marginal.
Miguel A Maluf, Ênio Buffolo, Bóris Barone, José Carlos S Andrade, Costabile Gallucci 1987, 'Revascularização direta do miocárdio com artéria gastro-omental esquerda: estudo anatômicoe histológico e relato de caso Direct myocardial revascularization with left gastroepiploicartery: anatomic and histologic study and case report', Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgeryhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76381987000300002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The arteries anastomose with adjacent vessels to form arches.
Jussara R Ferreira, Ana Lúcia R Souza, Amanda R Mortoza, Lorenna C Rezende 2011, 'Vascularization of the small intestine in lesser anteaters, Tamandua tetradactyla(Xenarthra: Myrmecophagidae)', Zoologia (Curitiba)http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702011000400010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two patches were marked with a skin pen to anastomose eight mattresses equally.
Takuma Yamasaki, Shuhei Fujita, Yuji Kaku, Junko Katagiri, Takeshi Hiramatsu 2018, 'Modified double patch repair with infarct exclusion technique for ventricular septalperforation: a case study', Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgeryhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-018-0708-7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The flap was initially designed in such a way so as to anastomose with superior thyroid artery.
G I Nambi, M Dhiwakar 2013, 'Retrograde vascularisation of fibula free flap in composite oro-mandibular reconstruction',Indian Journal of Plastic Surgeryhttp://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2013;volume=46;issue=1;spage=134;epage=137;aulast=Nambi. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hyphae of strains that have identical alleles atall vic loci can anastomose into a form of a visible heterokaryon.
Vesna Krnjaja, Jelena Lević, Slavica Stanković, Tanja Vasić 2013, 'The Use of Vegetative Compatibility Tests for Identification of Biodiversity of PhytopathogenicFungi', Pesticidi i Fitomedicinahttp://www.pesting.org.rs/download.php/documents/28-3/28-3%20157-165.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The initial small preretinal neovascular formations anastomose to form large preretinal membranesthat eventually cause tractional retinal folds.
McLeod DS, Lutty GA 2016, 'Targeting VEGF in canine oxygen-induced retinopathy - a model for human retinopathyof prematurity', Eye and Brainhttps://www.dovepress.com/targeting-vegf-in-canine-oxygen-induced-retinopathy---a-model-for-huma-peer-reviewed-article-EB. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)