n.
Pronunciation: ( ˌ )r ē - ˌ ka-n ə -l ə - ' z ā -sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 1953
: the process of restoring flow to or reuniting an interrupted channel of a bodily tube (as a blood vessel or vas deferens)
– re · can · a · lize \ -k ə - ' na- ˌ l ī z, - ' ka-n ə - ˌ l ī z \ transitive verb