venule

Questions about venule

What does venule mean?

venule means "a minute vein continuous with a capillary".

How many syllables are in venule?

venule has 3 syllables and divides as ve-nu-le under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for venule?

Close synonyms include venula, capillary vein. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is venule a common word?

venule is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.