Anastomosis

[an-as-to-mo’ ’-sis) [dvaaro/ideiv, to bring to a mouth]. I. The intercommunication of blood-ve els. 2. The establishment of a communication between two hollow parts, or between two distinct portions of the same organ. See A., Intestinal. A., Crucial, an arterial anastomosis in the upper part of the thigh, formed by the anastomotic branch of the sciatic, the first perforating, the internal circumflex, and the transverse branch of the external circumflex arteries. A., Intestinal, an operation consisting in establishing a communication between two parts of the intestine. 56