Usually means: Small blood vessels, regulate flow.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word arteriole:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. arteriole: Merriam-Webster
  2. arteriole: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. arteriole: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. arteriole: Collins English Dictionary
  5. arteriole: Vocabulary.com
  6. arteriole: Wordnik
  7. Arteriole: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  8. arteriole: Wiktionary
  9. arteriole: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. arteriole: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. arteriole: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. arteriole: Dictionary.com
  13. Arteriole: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Arteriole: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. arteriole: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. arteriole: Rhymezone
  17. Arteriole: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. arteriole: FreeDictionary.org
  19. arteriole: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. arteriole: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. arteriole: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. arteriole: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. arteriole: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Arteriole: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. arteriole: Medical dictionary
  6. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  7. Arteriole: Drug Medical Dictionary
  8. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See arteriolar as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (arteriole)

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

Similar:
arteriola, capillary artery, arteria, venule, artery, alveolar artery, end artery, renal artery, bronchiole, arteriotomy, more...

Opposite:
venule, vein

Phrases:
afferent arteriole, efferent arteriole, precapillary arteriole, afferent glomerular arteriole, efferent glomerular arteriole, more...

Adjectives:
central, glomerular, small, efferent, terminal, afferent, retinal, renal, hepatic, single, precapillary

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Similar:
arteriola, capillary artery, arteria, venule, artery, alveolar artery, end artery, renal artery, bronchiole, arteriotomy, more...

Opposite:
venule, vein

Phrases:
afferent arteriole, efferent arteriole, precapillary arteriole, afferent glomerular arteriole, efferent glomerular arteriole, postglomerular arteriole, preglomerular arteriole, capillary arteriole, more...

Adjectives:
central, glomerular, small, efferent, terminal, afferent, retinal, renal, hepatic, single, precapillary



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