anastomose
/əˈnæs.təˌmoʊz/verb, adjective
anastomose is a verb meaning “To join (two or more things) by anastomosis, to interconnect forming a network” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-A-S-T-O-M-O-S-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 51 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does anastomose mean?
verb
- 1
To join (two or more things) by anastomosis, to interconnect forming a network.
- 2
To join by anastomosis.
adjective
- 1
Joined or run together; interconnected.
- 2
Joined or run together, ramified, interconnected.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce anastomose?
- US /əˈnæs.təˌmoʊz/
Anastomose has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of anastomose
- anastomoses present, singular, he/she/it
- anastomosing participle, present
- anastomosed participle, past
- anastamose
- more anastomose comparative
- most anastomose superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anastomose?
Anastomose appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).