anastomose

See also: anastomosé

English

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Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈnæs.təˌmoʊz/

Verb

anastomose (third-person singular simple present anastomoses, present participle anastomosing, simple past and past participle anastomosed)

  1. (transitive) (of rivers, blood vessels, etc) To join (two or more things) by anastomosis.
    • 2014 [2013], Rob Dinnis; Chris Stringer, Britain: One million years of human history, London: Natural History Museum, →ISBN, page 31:
      Happisburgh's humans discarded their stone tools close to one of several anastomosing, slow-flowing low-energy rivers, all of which meandered across a floodplain into a large estuary.
  2. (intransitive) (of rivers, blood vessels, etc) To join by anastomosis.

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Adjective

anastomose (comparative more anastomose, superlative most anastomose)

  1. (botany, mycology) Joined or run together.

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

anastomose f (plural anastomoses)

  1. anastomosis

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Verb

anastomose

  1. first-person singular present indicative of anastomoser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of anastomoser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of anastomoser
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of anastomoser
  5. second-person singular imperative of anastomoser

Portuguese

Noun

anastomose f (plural anastomoses)

  1. (anatomy) anastomosis (connection between two channels or vessels)
  2. (surgery) anastomosis (creation of a connection two channels or vessels)

Spanish

Verb

anastomose

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of anastomosar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of anastomosar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of anastomosar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of anastomosar.
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