Part of speech:
Any of the smaller branches of an artery, especially one that connects with a capillary.
The definition of an artery is a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart, or the primary path to or from something.
Any of the tiny blood vessels that connect the smallest arteries (arterioles) to the smallest veins (venules). Capillaries form a network throughout the body for the exchange of oxygen, metabolic waste products, and carbon dioxide between blood and tissue cells.
Any of the smaller veins that connect the capillaries to larger veins.
Find another word for blood-vessel. In this page you can discover 6 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for blood-vessel, like: arteriole, artery, capillary, metarteriole, vein and venule.