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Thanks for your understanding.
Chris -- 2018-04-11
An anastomosis is a connection- usually surgically created- between two hollow organs or anatomical spaces. ‘Anastomosis’ is an anatomical term, but the two words have distinct etymologies (‘anastomosis’ comes from ‘stoma’- mouth, and ‘anatomy’ comes from ‘tome’- knife). ‘Anatomosis’ gets over 3,000 mentions, a surprisingly large number considering that it appears only in technical journals. Examples:
Anatomosis of middle cerebral artery with external carotid branch for a treatment of middle cerebral occlusion.
ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110002281121/en/
Optimal dye concentration and power density for laser-assisted vascular anatomosis (LAVA).
link.aip.org/link/?PSISDG/4949/186/1
Ileal pouch-anal anatomosis, conventional ileostomy and ileorectal anatomosis modify cholesterol metabolism. Dig Dis Sci 2004:49:1444-1453.
www.uku.fi/wwwdata/julkaisutoiminta/jul … 00766.html
Title: The Optimal Time to Perform the Distal Nerve Anatomosis …
https://dspace.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/handle/2006/208744
A case of coexistence of three anatomical variations in the forearm: gantzer’s muscle, martin-gruber anatomosis, and nerve of henle.
www.invenia.es/oai:dialnet.unirioja.es:ART0000030923
Coloanal anatomosis was performed due to 1 villous adenoma and 19 adenocarcinomas.
medicina.kmu.lt/0206/0206-06e.htm
Last edited by klakritz (2008-03-07 17:46:11)
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maybe this has something to do with the greek suffix ”-osis”; as in the formation of a new anatomical feature. just 2 cents
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