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The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

Of or pertaining to anastomosis.

An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

ompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

Anathematization. [Obs.] We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor.

The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow.

To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.

One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.

An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.

Same as Anatifa.

Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifæ, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.

Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.

Compound interest. [R.] Bouvier.

Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume.

In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.

The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters. The London Spectator.

One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.

The act of anatomizing.

To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze. If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect. Hume.