Medical Dictionary
metarteriole
noun met·ar·te·ri·ole \-ˌär-ˈtir-ē-ˌōl\
Medical Definition of METARTERIOLE
: any of the delicate blood vessels that branch from the smallest arterioles and connect with the capillary bed—called also precapillary
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