ANASTOMOSIS (anastomoses)
Dictionary entry overview: What does anastomosis mean? • ANASTOMOSIS (noun)
The noun ANASTOMOSIS has 1 sense:
1. a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
Familiarity information: ANASTOMOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANASTOMOSIS (noun)
Meaning:
A natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
anastomosis; inosculation
Hypernyms ("anastomosis" is a kind of...):
colligation; conjugation; conjunction; junction (the state of being joined together)
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