[no obj.](Medicine)be linked by anastomosis (医)吻合 adjacent veins may anastomose. 相邻血管可吻合。 ■[with obj.](一般作 be anastomosed)link by anastomosis 用吻合术联结 the graft is anastomosed to the vein of the recipient. 移植物用吻合术联结到接受者静脉上。
语源
late 17th cent.: coined in French from Greek anastomōsis (see anastomosis)