arteriole, arteriola, capillary artery
(noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
arteriole (plural arterioles)
(anatomy) One of the small branches of an artery, especially one that connects with capillaries.
• arteriola
• capillary artery
Source: Wiktionary
Ar*te"ri*ole, n. Etym: [NL. arteriola, dim. of L. arteria: cf. F. artériole.]
Definition: A small artery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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