Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Inosculation
In·os′cu·la′tion (·lā′shŭn), n. [Cf. F. inosculation.] 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. Ray.