anastomosing
/əˈnæs.təˌmoʊ.zɪŋ/adjective, verb
anastomosing is an adjective meaning “Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-A-S-T-O-M-O-S-I-N-G and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does anastomosing mean?
adjective
- 1
Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.
- 2
Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of anastomose
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce anastomosing?
- US /əˈnæs.təˌmoʊ.zɪŋ/
Anastomosing has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anastomosing?
Anastomosing appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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).