Anastomosis, in anatomy, the intercommunication between two vessels or nerves.
It has already been pointed out that no two persons speak exactly alike, and, within the area of all but the smallest speech communities (groups of people speaking the same language), there are subdivisions of recognizably different types of language, called dialects, that do not, however, render intercommunication impossible or markedly difficult.
The postcaval vein, present in terrestrial vertebrates, is a late acquisition, both in evolution and in embryogenesis; it is a result of the intercommunication of several venous channels, including the anterior portion of the vitelline veins.
Alphorn, German Alpenhorn, long horn played by Alpine herdsmen and villagers, sounded for intercommunication and at daily ceremonies and seasonal festivals.
Hippopotamuses and pigs have an epitheliochorial placenta, a layer of fetal tissue merely pressed close against the uterus wall, but camels and ruminants possess a syndesmochorial placenta, in which the epithelium of the maternal tissues is eroded to facilitate intercommunication.
Afols also have a rather unique relationship with their favourite toy manufacturer, largely because their toy manufacturer encourages intercommunication (via email).
In many buildings, elevators have intercommunication systems in case of mechanical failures.
Since ready intercommunication is a primary purpose of language, as long as a community remains unitary, with strong central direction and a central cultural focus, such changes will not go beyond the limits of intercomprehensibility.
A day or so later we saw two slightly older boys watching a street hurdy-gurdy, utterly fascinated "Whaddya think makes it go?" one asked the other, and simultaneously and without any further intercommunication both stood on their heads and inspected the underside of the machine.
Several centers sprang up for its display and study, including the Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe in Germany, the InterCommunication Center in Tokyo, the M.I.T. Media Lab's Center for Future Arts in Cambridge, Mass., Arizona State University's Institute for Study in the Arts in Tempe and Zeum in San Francisco.
As recently as 1997, for example, NTT, the Japanese telecommunications giant, opened its InterCommunication Center in Tokyo.
