Inosculation

in·os·cu·late  (n-sky-lt)

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.

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[in-² + Latin sculre, scult-, to provide with an opening (from sculum; see s- in Indo-European roots).]

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in·oscu·lation n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

inosculation - a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous anastomosis colligation, conjugation, conjunction, junction - the state of being joined together