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Capillary

Capillary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Capillary? [n] a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action [n] any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules [adj] long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube" [adj] (anatomy) "a capillary network" [adj] relating to or involving capillarity; "capillary action"; "capillary attraction" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Capillary: capillary tube \| capillary tubing \| hairlike \| thin Related Terms \| Find terms related to Capillary: aorta \| arterial \| arteriole \| artery \| blood vessel \| bristlelike \| carotid \| cirrose \| cirrous \| fibered \| fibroid \| fibrous \| flagelliform \| flossy \| funicular \| gossamery \| hairlike \| hairy \| jugular vein \| ligamental \| portal vein \| pulmonary artery \| pulmonary vein \| ropy \| silky \| stringy \| taeniate \| taeniform \| threadlike \| thready \| vascular \| vein \| veinlet \| veinous \| vena cava \| venation \| venose \| venous \| venule \| vesicular \| wiry See Also \| blood vessel \| glomerulus \| thermometer \| tomentum \| tomentum cerebri \| tube \| tubing Capillary In Webster's Dictionary \Cap"illary\ (k[a^]p"[i^]ll[asl]r[y^] or k[.a]p[i^]l"l[.a]r[y^]; 277), a. [L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf. {Capillaire}.] 1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants. 2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. {Capillary attraction}, {Capillary repulsion}, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a solid and liquid caused by capillarity. See {Capillarity}, and {Attraction}. {Capillarity tubes}. See the {Note} under {Capillarity}. \Cap"illary\, n.; pl. {Capillaries}. 1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute. 2. (Anat.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.

Capillary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Capillary?

[n] a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
[n] any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
[adj] long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube"
[adj] (anatomy) "a capillary network"
[adj] relating to or involving capillarity; "capillary action"; "capillary attraction"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Capillary: capillary tube | capillary tubing | hairlike | thin

Capillary In Webster's Dictionary

\Cap"il*la*ry\ (k[a^]p"[i^]l*l[asl]*r[y^] or
k[.a]*p[i^]l"l[.a]*r[y^]; 277), a. [L. capillaris, fr.
capillus hair. Cf. {Capillaire}.]
1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having
   minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as,
   the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary
   action.

{Capillary attraction}, {Capillary repulsion}, the apparent
   attraction or repulsion between a solid and liquid caused
   by capillarity. See {Capillarity}, and {Attraction}.

{Capillarity tubes}. See the {Note} under {Capillarity}.


\Cap"il*la*ry\, n.; pl. {Capillaries}.
1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.

2. (Anat.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of
   the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins,
   but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary
   vessels.

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