About The Word Capillary
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Capillary
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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"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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