venule

ven·ule

V0058100 (vĕn′yo͞ol, vēn′-)n. A small vein, especially one joining capillaries to larger veins.

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[Latin vēnula, diminutive of vēna, vein.]

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ven′u·lar (-yə-lər) adj.

venule

(ˈvɛnjuːl) n1. (Anatomy) anatomy any of the small branches of a vein that receives oxygen-depleted blood from the capillaries and returns it to the heart via the venous system2. (Zoology) any of the branches of a vein in an insect's wing[C19: from Latin vēnula diminutive of vēna vein] venular, venulous adj

ven•ule

(ˈvɛn yul)

n. 1. a small vein. 2. one of the branches of a vein in the wing of an insect. [1840–50; < Latin vēnula. See vein, -ule] ven′u•lar (-yə lər) ven′u•lose` (-ˌloʊs) ven′u•lous (-ləs) adj.

venule

A small vein.

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venule - a minute vein continuous with a capillarycapillary vein, venulaepiscleral 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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