arteriole

See also: artériole

English

Etymology

From French artériole, from Latin arteriola, from Latin artēria.

Noun

arteriole (plural arterioles)

1. (anatomy) One of the small branches of an artery, especially one that connects with capillaries.

Synonyms

• arteriola
• capillary artery

Derived terms

• arteriolar
• arteriolopathy
• efferent arteriole
• metarteriole
• microarteriole
• postarteriole

 

Translations

arteriole

• Catalan: arteriola (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微動脈／微动脉 (zh) (wēidòngmài)

• Czech: tepénka f, arteriola f
• Danish: arteriol c
• French: artériole (fr) f
• Ido: arterieto (io)
• Japanese: 細動脈 (saidōmyaku)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xwînberok f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: arteriol m

• Polish: tętniczka f, arteriola (pl) f
• Portuguese: arteríola f
• Russian: артериола (ru) (arteriola)