INOS'CULATE, verb intransitive [Latin 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, verb transitive To unite, as two vessels in an animal body.