Term: anastomosis
Literally meaning: “communicating
opening”
Origin: Anc Greek
ανά- /ana-(=combining form meaning upon, throughout)
+ στόμα/stoma
(=mouth) >τομή/tome(=cutting,
incision)
+ (-ωσις)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting “process” or “state”)
Coined/History
(?)
Definition
Anastomosis is a surgical connection between parts
and especially hollow tubular parts like blood vessels or distal parts of
intestine.
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