anastomo's is

[G, anastomosis, from aTtasiomoo, I firmish with a mouth.] i. A natural communication, direct or indirect, between two blood-ve els or other tubular structures; also by extension, a pa age of nerve-fibers from one nerve to another. 3. An operative union of two hollow or tubiilar structures, as the divided ends of the intestine after a resection, or of the blood-ve els of two individuals, as in direct transfusion of blood. cru'cial a., an a. between branches of the perforans prima, glutaea inferior, circumflex a femoris lateral is, and circumflex a femoris medial is. intes'tlnal a., enterostomy, precap'illaiy a., an a. between minute arteries just before they become capillaries, stir'rup a., communicating branch from the dorsal is ped is to the external plantar artery, completing the plantar arch, ter'minoter'minal a., an operation by which the central end of an artery is connected with the peripheral end of the corresponding vein, and the peripheral end of the artery with the central end of the vein.