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anastomose

Verb CEFR B2
əˈnæs.təˌmoʊz

Definitions

  1. To join (two or more things) by anastomosis, to interconnect forming a network.
  2. To join by anastomosis.

Equivalents

Portuguêsanastomose
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Ελληνικάαναστομώνω

Examples

“Happisburgh's humans discarded their stone tools close to one of several anastomosing, slow-flowing low-energy rivers, all of which meandered across a floodplain into a large estuary.”
Within eukaryotic cells, distant branches of the tree of life entwine and melt into an inseparable new lineage; they fuse, or anastomose, as fungal hyphae do.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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