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venule
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun venule has 1 sense
- venule(n = noun.body) capillary vein, venula - a minute vein continuous with a capillary; Array has particulars: episcleral veins, venae episclerales, stellate venule
is a kind of vein, vena, venous blood vessel
CIDE DICTIONARY
venule, n. [L. venula, dim. from vena vein.].
A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zoöl.) , one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
venule, n. Anat. a small vein adjoining the capillaries.
Etymology
L venula dimin. of vena vein
ROGET THESAURUS
venule
Filament
N filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.
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