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Definition of Inosculate
1. Verb. Come together or open into each other. "The blood vessels anastomose"
2. Verb. Cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis. "Anastomose blood vessels"
Related verbs: Anastomose
Generic synonyms: Bring Together, Join
Derivative terms: Inosculation
Definition of Inosculate
1. v. i. To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.
2. v. t. To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body.
Definition of Inosculate
1. Verb. (transitive) to homogenize; to make continuous ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) to open into ¹
3. Verb. to unite ¹
4. Noun. the act of inosculating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inosculate
1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Medical Definition of Inosculate
1. 1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose. 2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin. "The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes." (De Quincey) Origin: Pref. In- in + osculate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inosculate
Literary usage of Inosculate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Anatomical Plates: Accompanied with Descriptions, and by John Lizars (1825)
"The superficial lymphatics of the penis and scrotum often inosculate with the
... The lymphatics of the scrotum 33, inosculate with those of the testis b. ..."
2. The Placenta, the organic nervous system, the blood, the oxygen, and the by John O'Reilly (1861)
"Again, further communication is had through the thoracic branches of the brachial
plexus which inosculate with the organic nerves surrounding the mammary ..."
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