| anas | <ornithology> A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh water ducks. Origin: L, duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| anasarca | <medicine> Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin. Origin: NL, from Gr. Throughout +, flesh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anasarcous | Characterised by anasarca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastaltic | <medicine> Styptic. Origin: Gr. Fitted for checking, fr. + to send. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anastate | <physiology> One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; opposed to katastate. Origin: Gr. Up + to make to stand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anastigmatic | Not astigmatic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastigmats | 1. Lenses in which astigmatism is corrected. 2. Lenses in which both astigmatism and field curvature are corrected. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastole | An obsolete term for the gaping of a wound. Origin: G. Anastole, the laying bare of a wound (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastomose | <anatomy> To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. "The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels." (I. Taylor) Origin: Cf. F. Anastomoser, fr. Anastomose. See Anastomosis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anastomosed graft | A graft in which circulation is established by surgical anastomoses of blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastomosing fibres | Anastomotic fibres, individual fibre's passing from one nerve trunk or muscle bundle to another. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastomosing vessel | A vessel that establishes a connection between arteries, between veins, or between lymph vessels. Synonym: vas anastomoticum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastomosis | <surgery> An opening created by surgical, traumatic or pathological means between two normally separate spaces or organs. (04 May 1997) |
| anastomosis arteriovenosa | <anatomy> A vessel that directly interconnects an artery and a vein, and that acts as a shunt to bypass the capillary bed. Not to be confused with surgical anastomosis, nor with arteriovenous fistula. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anastomosis, roux-en-y | A y-shaped surgical anastomosis of any part of the digestive system which includes the small intestine as the eventual drainage site. (12 Dec 1998) |