ANASTOMOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anastomose mean? 

• ANASTOMOSE (verb)
  The verb ANASTOMOSE has 2 senses:

1. come together or open into each other

2. cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis

  Familiarity information: ANASTOMOSE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANASTOMOSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they anastomose    ... he / she / it anastomoses   
Past simple: anastomosed   
Past participle: anastomosed   
-ing form: anastomosing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come together or open into each other

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

anastomose; inosculate

Context example:

the blood vessels anastomose

Hypernyms (to "anastomose" is one way to...):

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Verb group:

anastomose; inosculate (cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

anastomose; inosculate

Context example:

anastomose blood vessels

Hypernyms (to "anastomose" is one way to...):

join (cause to become joined or linked)

Verb group:

anastomose; inosculate (come together or open into each other)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

A Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary in which anastomosing, slit-like spaces resembling rete testis constitute at least 90% of the tumor elements.

(Ovarian Retiform Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

These spaces form anastomosing patterns and comprise at least ten percent but less than ninety percent of the tumor.

(Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor with Retiform Elements, NCI Thesaurus)

Microscopically, the predominant growth pattern is syncytial with broad anastomosing bands or sheets of malignant cells.

(Medullary breast carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Microscopically, it is characterized by frequently open vascular anastomosing and branching channels.

(Angiosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the graft that lies between its anastomoses.

(Body of Graft, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Anastomosing, needle-like bony structures which create a meshwork of spaces filled with bone marrow.

(Bone Trabeculae, NCI Thesaurus)

The parenchyma is composed of chief and oxyphilic cells arranged in anastomosing cords.

(Parathyroid gland, NCI Thesaurus)

Ergotamine selectively binds and activates serotonin (5-HT) 1D receptors located on intracranial blood vessels, including those on arterio-venous anastomoses, thereby resulting in vasoconstriction and reducing the blood flow in cerebral arteries that may lead to relieve of vascular headaches.

(Ergotamine, NCI Thesaurus)