n.
Pronunciation: är- ' tir- ē - ˌ ō l
Function: noun
Etymology: French or New Latin; French artériole, probably from New Latin arteriola, diminutive of Latin arteria
Date: 1830
: any of the small terminal twigs of an artery that ends in capillaries
– ar · te · ri · o · lar \ - ˌ tir- ē - ' ō - ˌ lär, -l ə r \ adjective