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INOSCULATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis

Example:

anastomose blood vessels

Synonyms:

anastomose; inosculate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "inosculate" is one way to...):

join (cause to become joined or linked)

Verb group:

anastomose; inosculate (come together or open into each other)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

inosculation (a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Come together or open into each other

Example:

the blood vessels anastomose

Synonyms:

anastomose; inosculate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "inosculate" is one way to...):

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Verb group:

anastomose; inosculate (cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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