What's the difference between inosculate and inosculation?

Inosculate


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.
  • (v. i.) To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
  • (v. t.) To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body.
  • (v. t.) To unite intimately; to cause to become as one.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Injection of contrast material allowed us to demonstrate that these vessels are functional, since they inosculate into efficient pulmonary arteries ending in the respiratory units.
  • (2) According to anomalies of mutual disposition of twin glands they can be classified into separated, connected and inosculated ones.
  • (3) For the first week or so, they live by diffusion and inosculation, and then neovascularization enables them to continue viability.
  • (4) Of the 115 retinal vascular abnormalities, 87 were arterial tortuosity, one was venous tortuosity, 2 were tortuosity of both artery and vein, 2 were artery-vein crossing, 20 were copper-wire artery, one was inosculation of the artery, one was vascularization of the vein and one was persistent hyaloid artery.

Inosculation


Definition:

  • (n.) The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Injection of contrast material allowed us to demonstrate that these vessels are functional, since they inosculate into efficient pulmonary arteries ending in the respiratory units.
  • (2) According to anomalies of mutual disposition of twin glands they can be classified into separated, connected and inosculated ones.
  • (3) For the first week or so, they live by diffusion and inosculation, and then neovascularization enables them to continue viability.
  • (4) Of the 115 retinal vascular abnormalities, 87 were arterial tortuosity, one was venous tortuosity, 2 were tortuosity of both artery and vein, 2 were artery-vein crossing, 20 were copper-wire artery, one was inosculation of the artery, one was vascularization of the vein and one was persistent hyaloid artery.

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