inosculation

in·os·cu·late

 (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.

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[in- + Latin ōsculāre, ōsculāt-, to provide with an opening (from ōsculum, diminutive of ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots).]

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in·os′cu·la′tion n.

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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

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