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Inosculate

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Verb

1. anastomose, inosculate

come together or open into each other

Example Sentences:
'the blood vessels anastomose'

2. anastomose, inosculate

cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis

Example Sentences:
'anastomose blood vessels'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inosculate

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verb
1. physiology
(of small blood vessels) to communicate by anastomosis
2. 
to unite or be united so as to be continuous; blend
3. 
to intertwine or cause to intertwine

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Inosculate

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: inˈoscuˌlated or inˈoscuˌlating
1. 
a. 
to join together by openings at the ends
said of arteries, ducts, etc.
b. 
to intertwine
said of vines, etc.
2. 
to join, blend, or unite intimately

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Inosculate

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v. in·os·cu·lat·ed, in·os·cu·lat·ing, in·os·cu·lates
v.tr.
1. To unite (blood vessels, nerve fibers, or ducts) by small openings.
2. To make continuous; blend.
v.intr.
1. To open into one another.
2. To unite so as to be continuous; blend.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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