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venule

Pronunciation:  'venyool

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Matching Terms:  venula, venulose

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a minute vein continuous with a capillary
 
 Synonyms: capillary vein, venula
 
 See Also: episcleral veins, stellate venule, vein, vena, venae episclerales

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ven"ule\, n. [L. venula, dim. from vena vein.]
A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zo["o]l.), one of the
small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.

 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: Small vein.
 

 

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