capillary vessel

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1. any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules (noun.body)

hypernym	:	blood vessel,
definition	:	a vessel in which blood circulates (noun.body)

hyponym	:	glomerulus,
definition	:	a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation (noun.body)

hyponym	:	tomentum, tomentum cerebri,
definition	:	a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex (noun.body)