arteriolaradj.
/ɑːˌtɪərɪˈəʊlə/, U.S. /ɑrˌtɪriˈoʊlər/ Anatomy.
Of or involving an arteriole or arterioles; of the nature of an arteriole.
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common1657
primitive1733
synangial1875
arteriolar1877
precerebral1967
1877 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 60 290 In granular kidney there is mostly or always a true cardiac and a true arteriolar hypertrophy.
1887 Lancet 17 Dec. 1206/1 Such an experiment would only prove a capillary, or, if we may so speak, an arteriolar anastomosis.
1942 Lancet 3 Oct. 394/2 Vascular and perivascular arteriolar structures.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) iii. 39 In essential hypertension it is the smaller arteries which are most affected, and the condition is known as arteriolar sclerosis.
1998 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 8 Sept. b6/2 The non-thermal effect allows for..increased tissue permeability, arteriolar vasoconstriction or dilation and cavitation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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