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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
anastomose .
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Examples
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The donor kidney was anastomosed in the antecubital space under local anesthesia using a cutaneous ureterostomy.
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Dr. David Hume was the surgeon for these patients and he anastomosed the renal vessels of the graft to the femoral vessels of the recipient.
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The technique by means of which the blood-vessels are anastomosed or transplanted could be used with complete success and absolute safety on human beings.
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This aberrant artery anastomosed below the elbow-joint with the radial side of the radial artery.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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Occasionally, indeed, in this plant, the transition may be still more definitely observed, in leaves which are half anastomosed and half thread-like. '
Man or Matter Ernst Lehrs
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The great entrance arteries of the nest branched and bifurcated, separated and anastomosed, while here and there were chambers varying in size from a cocoanut to a football.
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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B: Section of Cerebellum of Dog after Hepatectomy. b this crucial question was definitely answered by the following experiment: The circulations of two dogs were crossed in such a manner that the circulation of the head of one dog was anastomosed with the circulation of the body of another dog, and vice versa.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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_Nerve anastomosis_, which seeks to provide a new channel for the transmission of motor impulses to the paralysed muscles, has as yet a restricted field of application -- for example, the tibial and peroneal nerves may be anastomosed when the muscles supplied by one of them are paralysed.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Even when the paralysis has lasted for some time, secondary suture should be attempted; if this is impossible, the peripheral end should be anastomosed with the anterior primary divisions of the third and fourth cervical nerves (Tubby).
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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_ -- This consists in making a new gullet to replace that which is obstructed; the abdomen is opened and a loop of jejunum is isolated; its lower end is anastomosed -- end to side -- to the stomach; the intestine is brought upwards through a tunnel made for it between the skin and the sternum, and the upper end is brought out and fixed to the skin, in the supra-sternal notch.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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