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nounone of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
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- capillary any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
- capillary vessel any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
- angiotelectasia dilation and enlargement of arterioles
- nephroangiosclerosis kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure
- arteriolar of or relating to or involving arterioles
- nephrosclerosis kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure
- arteriolosclerosis sclerosis of the arterioles