CAPILLARY VEIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does capillary vein mean? • CAPILLARY VEIN (noun)
The noun CAPILLARY VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a minute vein continuous with a capillary
Familiarity information: CAPILLARY VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CAPILLARY VEIN (noun)
Meaning:
A minute vein continuous with a capillary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
capillary vein; venula; venule
Hypernyms ("capillary vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capillary vein"):
episcleral veins; venae episclerales (small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veins)
stellate venule (a star-shaped group of venules in the renal cortex)
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