arteriole

See also: artériole

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French artériole, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin arteriola, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin artēria.

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

Translations

arteriole

• Catalan: arteriola (ca) f
• Czech: tepénka f, arteriola f
• Danish: arteriol c
• French: artériole (fr) f
• Ido: arterieto (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kurdish:
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: arteriol m

• Polish: tętniczka f, arteriola (pl) f
• Portuguese: arteríola f
• Russian: артериола (ru) (arteriola)