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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The network of capillaries in a particular area or organ of the body.
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- noun physiology Any of many reticulated network of
capillaries that supplyblood to theorgans inside the body.
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- noun a layer of tissue densely packed with capillaries
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