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Definition of Inosculation
1. Noun. A natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous.
Generic synonyms: Colligation, Conjugation, Conjunction, Junction
Derivative terms: Anastomotic, Inosculate
Definition of Inosculation
1. n. The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc.
Definition of Inosculation
1. Noun. The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; intercommunication. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inosculation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inosculation
Literary usage of Inosculation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure by Alphonso Wood (1889)
"... acterized by the frequent reunion or inosculation of its numerously branching
veins, so as to form a kind of irregular net-work. aœ ..."
2. Four Letters on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France by Edmund Burke, Edward John Payne (1892)
"This Grand Junction is an inosculation of the Grand Trunk : and in the present
Session, the latter Company has obtained the authority of Parliament, ..."
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