CAPILLARY VEIN

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 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)

Sense 1

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)