anastomosis [əˌnastəˈməʊsɪs] (pl. anastomoses -siːz)
(technical)a cross-connection between adjacent channels, tubes, fibres, or other parts of a network (技)(网状系统中相邻管道等的)并接,联结 ■(Medicine)a connection made surgically between adjacent blood vessels, parts of the intestine, or other channels of the body[mass noun] (医)(体内相邻血管、肠等的)吻合 ■an operation in which such a connection is constructed 吻合术
派生 anastomotic ( & ) adjective & noun 语源
late 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek anastomōsis, from anastomoun 'provide with a mouth'