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Definitions for Capillary
[1] pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
[2] resembling a strand of hair; hairlike.
[3] Physics . pertaining to capillarity. of or relating to the apparent attraction or repulsion between a liquid and a solid, observed in capillarity.
[4] Anatomy . pertaining to a capillary or capillaries.
[5] Anatomy . one of the minute blood vessels between the terminations of the arteries and the beginnings of the veins.
[6] Also called capillary tube . a tube with a small bore.
[7] resembling a hair; slender
[8] (of tubes) having a fine bore
[9] anatomy of or relating to any of the delicate thin-walled blood vessels that form an interconnecting network between the arterioles and the venules
[10] physics of or relating to capillarity
[11] anatomy any of the capillary blood vessels
[12] a fine hole or narrow passage in any substance
Words related to Capillary
hair, nerve, seam, lode, stripe, artery, vein, streak, thread, duct, current, course, stratum, venation, follicle, arteriole, metarteriole, venule
Words nearby Capillary
capillaries, capillariomotor, capillaritis, capillarity, capillaropathy, capillary, capillary action, capillary arteriole, capillary attraction, capillary bed, capillary drainage
Origin of Capillary
1570–80; capill(ar ) (obsolete, < Latin capillāris pertaining to hair, equivalent to capill(us ) hair + -āris -ar1) + -ary
Other words from Capillary
in·ter·cap·il·lar·y , adjective
non·cap·il·lar·y , adjective, noun, plural non·cap·il·lar·ies.
Word origin for Capillary
C17: from Latin capillāris, from capillus hair
Synonyms for Capillary
hair, lode, nerve, seam, stripe, course, current, duct, follicle, stratum, streak, thread, venation