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    VENULE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A minute vein continuous with a capillaryplay

    Synonyms:

    capillary vein; venula; venule

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("venule" is a kind of...):

    vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "venule"):

    episcleral veins; venae episclerales (small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veins)

    stellate venule (a star-shaped group of venules in the renal cortex)

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