INOSCULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inosculation mean? 

• INOSCULATION (noun)
  The noun INOSCULATION has 1 sense:

1. a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous

  Familiarity information: INOSCULATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INOSCULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anastomosis; inosculation

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)