anastomosis
pronunciation
How to pronounce anastomosis in British English:
UK [ənæstə'məʊsɪs]
How to pronounce anastomosis in American English:
US [ənæstə'moʊsɪs]
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- Noun:
- a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
Word Origin
- anastomosis (n.)
- 1610s, medical or Modern Latin, from Greek anastomosis "outlet, opening," from anastomoein "to furnish with a mouth," from stoma "mouth" (see stoma). Related: Anastomotic.
Example
- 1. Closure of enterostomy or colostomy anastomosis , by laparotomy .
- 2. Anastomosis of pancreatic cyst to gi tract direct internal drainage .
- 3. Dieters believed that dendrites , but not axons , could fuse by anastomosis .
- 4. Low anterior resection : end-to-end anastomosis .
- 5. Application of total mechanical stapled intrathoracic side-to-side esophagogastric anastomosis during ivor-lewis esophagectomy .