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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