different between anastomosis vs anastomoses

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (anastóm?sis), from ????????? (anastomó?, “furnish with a mouth or outlet”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?næst??m??s?s/

Noun

anastomosis (countable and uncountable, plural anastomoses)

1. A cross-connection between two blood vessels.
2. An interconnection between any two channels, passages or vessels.
3. (surgery) The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels.
4. The insertion of one word within another, as in "underdarkneath" (James Joyce).

Related terms

• anastomose
• anastomosed

Derived terms

Translations

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anasto?mosis/, [a.nas.t?o?mo.sis]

Noun

anastomosis f (plural anastomosis)

1. anastomosis

Related terms

• anastomosarse
• anastomótico

Further reading

• “anastomosis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

anastomoses

1. plural of anastomosis

Verb

anastomoses

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anastomose

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: anastomose, anastomosent

Verb

anastomoses

1. second-person singular present indicative of anastomoser
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of anastomoser

Spanish

Verb

anastomoses

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of anastomosar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of anastomosar.