[f. as prec. + -ING1.] = ANASTOMOSIS.

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c. 1810.  Adernethy, Surg. Wks. (1827), II. 49. A slight hæmorrhage … from the anastomosing of the vessels.

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1836.  Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 15/1. This artery … terminates by anastomosing with the internal mammary.

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