venule
pronunciation
How to pronounce venule in British English:
UK ['venju:l]
How to pronounce venule in American English:
US ['venjul]
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- Noun:
- a minute vein continuous with a capillary
Word Origin
- venule (n.)
- "small vein," 1850, from Latin venula, diminutive of vena "vein" (see vein).
Example
- 1. Stenosis of pulmonary vein and its venule .
- 2. And the capillaries were also directly drained into the collecting venule or the venule .
- 3. Method we constructed a tumor microvascular model with host arteriole venule system , in which the variation in vascular branching and dimensions was taken into account .