inosculateINOS'CULATE, v.i. [L. in and osculatus, from osculor, to kiss.] In anatomy, to unite by apposition or contact; to unite, as two vessels at their extremities; as, one vein or artery inoculates with another; a vein inosculates with an artery. INOS'CULATE, v.t. To unite, as two vessels in an animal body. |