<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural: anastomoses</li><li>Anatomy: communication between blood vessels by means of collateral channels, especially when usual routes are obstructed.</li><li>Biology, Geology: connection between parts of any branching system, as veinlets in a leaf or branches of a stream.</li><li>Surgery, Pathology: a joining of or opening between two organs or spaces that normally are not connected.</li></ul>