▪ I. anastomosing, vbl. n.
(əˈnæstəməʊzɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
= anastomosis.
| c 1810 Abernethy Surg. Wks. (1827) II. 49 A slight hæmorrhage..from the anastomosing of the vessels. 1836 Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. I. 15/1 This artery..terminates by anastomosing with the internal mammary. |
▪ II. aˈnastomosing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Communicating by anastomosis; inosculating.
| 1795 Haighton in Phil. Trans. LXXXV. 198 The anastomosing nervous filaments. 1842 Blackw. Mag. LII. 170 A Flemish landscape, irrigated by anastomosing ditches. 1854 Carpenter Comp. Phys. v. 223 The arteries..terminate in a complex system of anastomosing tubes. |