Definition of "venules" []

• Plural form of venule. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Whether through dehydration or bad luck, a few red blood cells had started to sickle, the crescent moon-shaped cells becoming lodged within the smaller venules, creating ischemia and prompting the sickling of other cells in turn."
• "The smaller offshoots are fine venules, and unfortunately these can be a harbinger of possible underlying varicose veins."
• "Unable to see that large arteries lead to tiny arterioles that lead to microscopic capillaries that lead to minute venules that lead to visible veins and then back to the heart in a closed loop, Galen could only guess that the blood pumped out of the heart drained into the tissues to “irrigate” them."