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ven·ule

(vĕn′yo͞ol, vēn′-)

A small vein, especially one joining capillaries to larger veins.

[Latin vēnula, diminutive of vēna, vein.]

ven′u·lar (-yə-lər) adj.

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venule

(ˈvɛnjuːl)

1. (Anatomy) anatomy any of the small branches of a vein that receives oxygen-depleted blood from the capillaries and returns it to the heart via the venous system

2. (Zoology) any of the branches of a vein in an insect's wing

[C19: from Latin vēnula diminutive of vēna vein]

venular, venulous adj

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ven•ule

(ˈvɛn yul)

n.

1. a small vein.

2. one of the branches of a vein in the wing of an insect.

[1840–50; < Latin vēnula. See vein, -ule]

ven′u•lar (-yə lər) ven′u•lose` (-ˌloʊs) ven′u•lous (-ləs) adj.

venule

A small vein.

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Noun

venule - a minute vein continuous with a capillary

capillary vein, venula

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

vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"

Translations

ven·ule

n. vénula, vena diminuta que conecta los vasos capilares con venas mayores.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

venule

n vénula

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These "knobs" present erythrocyte membrane adhesive protein (PfEMP1) that mediates cytoadherence to receptors on venular and capillary endo-thelium,17,18.

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Caption: FIGURE 4: Venular occlusion by erythrocytes, promyelocytes, and myelocytes (arrows) (H & E, * 20).

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It has been reported that widened retinal venular caliber is independently associated with prevalence and progression of diabetic retinopathy and predicts risk of proliferative retinopathy [40]; we postulate that bevacizumab treatment as shown in this study has a preventive effect on DR.

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Direct cytotoxic injury causing sinusoidal endothelial cell death and extrusion into sinusoids, with subsequent sinusoidal and hepatic venular obstruction is another potential mechanism (https:// livertox.nih.gov/Melphalan.htm) (Figure 2).

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The same six arteriolar and six venular trunk vessel segments were analyzed at a distance of one half to one disc diameter from the optic disc.

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Different clinical studies have shown venular narrowing [133] with a decrease in flow, vessel diameter [134, 135], arteriolar-venular fractal dimension [133], and branching pattern [136] in AD.

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Arteriolar narrowing and venular widening were both less pronounced in the patients following bariatric surgery.