anastomose
verb
anas·to·mose
ə-ˈna-stə-ˌmōz 
-ˌmōs
anastomosed; anastomosing
: to connect or join by anastomosis
: to communicate or be joined by anastomosis
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We were immediately struck by the extensive, complex, anastomosing system of internal channels and branches present deep inside the premaxillae and maxillae, snaking and curving around the tooth roots.
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Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network, 16 June 2017
At Tolbachik, these networks of anastomosing lava flows will continue to grow until the rate of magma erupting at the surface drops.
—Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2012
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Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network, 16 June 2017
At Tolbachik, these networks of anastomosing lava flows will continue to grow until the rate of magma erupting at the surface drops.
—Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2012
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anastomose
verb
anas·to·mose
ə-ˈnas-tə-ˌmōz, -ˌmōs
anastomosed; anastomosing
: to connect or join by anastomosis
: to communicate by anastomosis
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