arteriole

See also: artériole

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Etymology

From French artériole, from Latin arteriola, from Latin artēria.

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Noun

arteriole (plural arterioles)

1. (anatomy) One of the small branches of an artery, especially one that connects with capillaries.

Synonyms

• arteriola
• capillary artery

Derived terms

• arteriolar
• arteriolopathy
• efferent arteriole
• metarteriole
• microarteriole
• postarteriole

Translations

arteriole

Catalan: arteriola (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 微動脈 / 微动脉 (zh) (wēidòngmài) Czech: tepénka f, arteriola f Danish: arteriol c French: artériole (fr) f Ido: arterieto (io) Japanese: 細動脈 (saidōmyaku) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: xwînberok f Norwegian: Bokmål: arteriol m Polish: tętniczka f, arteriola (pl) f Portuguese: arteríola f Russian: артериола (ru) (arteriola)