[f. as prec. + -ING1.] = ANASTOMOSIS.
c. 1810. Adernethy, Surg. Wks. (1827), II. 49. A slight hæmorrhage from the anastomosing of the vessels.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 15/1. This artery terminates by anastomosing with the internal mammary.