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CAPILLARY ARTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does capillary artery mean?
• CAPILLARY ARTERY (noun)
The noun CAPILLARY ARTERY has 1 sense:
1. one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
Familiarity information: CAPILLARY ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
arteriola; arteriole; capillary artery
Hypernyms ("capillary artery" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
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