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pericyte

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pericyte /peri·cyte/ (per´i-sit) one of the elongated, contractile cells found wrapped about precapillary arterioles outside the basement membrane.
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Pericyte, its processes wrapped around the capillary epithelium.

per·i·cyte (pr-st)
n.
A slender, relatively undifferentiated, connective tissue cell that occurs about capillaries or other small blood vessels. Also called adventitial cell.

pericyte
one of the peculiar elongated, contractile cells found wrapped about precapillary arterioles outside the basement membrane.

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