venula

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Noun

venula - a minute vein continuous with a capillarycapillary vein, venuleepiscleral veins, venae episclerales - small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veinsstellate venule - a star-shaped group of venules in the renal cortexvein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"

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venula

venule

[ven´ūl] any of the small vessels that collect blood from the capillary plexuses and join to form veins. adj., adj ven´ular.

ven·ule

(ven'yūl, vē'nūl), [TA] A venous radicle continuous with a capillary. Synonym(s): venula [TA], capillary vein, veinlet

ven·ule

(ven'yūl) [TA] A venous radicle continuous with a capillary.
Synonym(s): venula [TA] , capillary vein.

venula

Related to venula: venule, arteriola, venular

noun

Synonyms for venula

noun a minute vein continuous with a capillary

Synonyms

capillary vein
venule

Related Words

episcleral veins
venae episclerales
stellate venule
vein
vena
venous blood vessel

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