See Also: fenestrated capillary(medicine)
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waif(2) (iou)



waif noun2. E16.
[Perh. from Old Norse veif: see WAIF noun1 & adjective.]
A convolution, a coil. Scot. Only in E16.
A small flag used as a signal, esp. (Whaling) one used to mark the position of a whale. M16.

fenestrated capillary (medicine)


fenestrated capillary


A capillary, found in renal glomeruli, intestinal villi, and some glands, in which ultramicroscopic pores of variable size occur; usually these are closed by a delicate diaphragm, although diaphragms are lacking in at least some renal glomerular capillary's.