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INOSCULATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
Synonyms:
anastomosis; inosculation
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("inosculation" is a kind of...):
colligation; conjugation; conjunction; junction (the state of being joined together)
Derivation:
inosculate (cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis)