Look up: anastomosis

1. anastomosis
   (= hyphal fusion). Fusion of somatic hyphae; characteristic of most Dikaryomycota. (Pl. anastomoses.)
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2. Anastomosis
   The union of an organ with another resulting in inter-communication of their contents e.g. the union of two fungal hyphae.
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3. anastomosis
   [n] - a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
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4. Anastomosis
   A junction between two vessels, or other tubular anatomical structures.
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5. Anastomosis
   Re-connecting or joining together. For example, in bowel surgery, part of the bowel can be cut out and the two cut ends joined together (anastomosed).
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6. Anastomosis
   An end-to-end union or joining up of two structures usually blood vessels or loops of intestine
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7. Anastomosis
   Joining up two ends of a hollow organ.
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8. Anastomosis
   Anastomosis: The connection of normally separate parts or spaces so they intercommunicate. An anastomosis may be naturally occurring or artificially constructed and be created during the process of embryonic development or by surgery, trauma or pathological means. An anastomosis may, for example, co...
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9. anastomosis
   a pathological formation of a passage between two spaces or hollow organs Category: Medicine • the cross-connections,e.g.of tissues,forming a network Category: Botany and zoology • an operative union of two hollow or tubular structures Category: Medicine
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10. anastomosis
    Joining of two or more cell processes or multicellular tubules to form a branching system. Anastomosis of blood vessels allows alternative routes for blood flow.
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11. Anastomosis
    A·nas`to·mo'sis noun ; plural Anastomoses [ New Latin , from Greek ... opening, from ... to furnish with a mouth or opening, to open; ... + sto`ma mouth: confer French anastomose .] (Anat. & Bot.) The inos...
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12. anastomosis
    <surgery> An opening created by surgical, traumatic or pathological means between two normally separate spaces or organs. ... (04 May 1997) ...
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13. anastomosis
    inosculation noun a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
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14. anastomosis
    (ә-nas″tә-mo´sis) pl. anastomo´ses communication between two tubular organs. surgical, traumatic, or pathologic formation of a connection between two normally distinct structures. adj., anastomot´ic., adj.
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15. Anastomosis
    • (n.) The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
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16. anastomosis
    (Gr. anastomosis opening, outlet) an opening created by surgical, traumatic or pathological means between two normally separate spaces or organs.
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17. Anastomosis
    In animals and plants, anastomosis is the inosculation of vessels, or the opening of one vessel into another, as an artery into another artery, or a vein into a vein. By means of anastomosis, if the course of a fluid is arrested in one vessel it can proceed along others. It is by anastomosis that ci...
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18. anastomosis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-nas′tō-mō′sis, -sez Definitions: 1. A natural communication, direct or indirect, between two blood vessels or other tubular structures. 2. An operative union of two structures (vessels, ureters, nerves). 3. An opening created by surgery, trauma,...
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19. ANASTOMOSIS
    mesh or network of tubes or half-tubes, often confined to a bedding plane and usually related to the tube conduits formed in the phreatic zone.
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20. anastomosis
    Greek ana = of each, and stoma = mouth, hence the end-to-end continuity of 2 vessels; adjective - anastomotic.
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21. anastomosis
    (ua-nas;tuo-mo;sis) An interconnecting aggregation of blood vessels or nerves that form a network plexus.
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22. anastomosis
    (ua-nas;tuo-mo;sis) An interconnecting aggregation of blood vessels or nerves that form a network plexus.
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23. anastomosis
    A procedure to connect healthy sections of tubular structures in the body after the diseased portion has been surgically removed.
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24. Anastomosis
    leaf An `anastomosis` (plural `anastomoses`, from gr. ἀναστόμωσις, communicating opening) in a network of streams is the reconnection of two streams that previously branched out, such as blood vessels or leaf veins. The term is used in medicine, biology,...
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