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noun
The capillaries that supply blood to vessels larger than 1 mm. They supply blood to the adventitia and middle tunicae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
any small blood vessel ramifying on the outside of a major artery or vein
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: blood vessel
History
From the Latin vāsa, plural of vās (“vessel”) + vāsōrum, the genitive plural of vās (“vessel”). Meaning "vessels of the vessels."
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