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peritubular capillary

peritubular capillary noun: any of a network of small blood vessels that are located around the nephrons in the kidney.

Noun

peritubular capillary (plural peritubular capillaries)

  1. Any of a network of small blood vessels that are located around the nephrons in the kidney.

Forms of peritubular capillary

pluralperitubular capillaries

Questions about peritubular capillary

What does peritubular capillary mean?
Peritubular capillary means any of a network of small blood vessels that are located around the nephrons in the kidney.
What part of speech is peritubular capillary?
Peritubular capillary is a noun.
What is the plural of peritubular capillary?
The plural of peritubular capillary is peritubular capillaries.

Words near peritubular capillary in the dictionary

  1. peritubal
  2. perituber
  3. perituberal
  4. peritubular
  5. peritubular capillaries
  6. peritubular capillary
  7. peritumor
  8. peritumoral
  9. peritumorally
  10. peritumorous
  11. peritumour

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