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precapillary

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

Adjective

precapillary (not comparable)

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

Origin of precapillary

From pre- + capillary.

Questions about precapillary

What does precapillary mean?
Precapillary means preceding (on the arterial side of) a capillary.
What part of speech is precapillary?
Precapillary is an adjective.

Words near precapillary in the dictionary

  1. precanonical
  2. precant
  3. precants
  4. precanyon
  5. precap
  6. precapillary
  7. precapitalism
  8. precapitalist
  9. precapitalistic
  10. precapitalists
  11. precapitulate

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