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in·os·cu·late

I0155900 (ĭn-ŏs′kyə-lāt′)v. in·os·cu·lat·ed, in·os·cu·lat·ing, in·os·cu·lates v.tr.1. To unite (blood vessels, nerve fibers, or ducts) by small openings.2. To make continuous; blend.v.intr.1. To open into one another.2. To unite so as to be continuous; blend.
[in- + Latin ōsculāre, ōsculāt-, to provide with an opening (from ōsculum, diminutive of ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots).]
in·os′cu·la′tion n.
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