precapillary

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective preceding (on the arterial side of) a capillary

Similar words

arterioles sphincters postcapillary postarteriole pericapillary juxtacapillary endocapillary paracapillary prevascular perivenular

Often followed by

sphincters sphincter arterioles resistance vessels and pulmonary arteriole anastomoses level