arteriole has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries

Used in print

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

Throughout , there were marked arteriolosclerosis and hyalinization of afferent glomerular arterioles .

In all_of the sections examined , the arterioles and small arteries were essentially normal .

Related terms

artery

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