capillary
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əˌlɛr adjective
1.
pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
2.
resembling a strand of hair; hairlike.
3.
Physics.
a.
pertaining to capillarity.
b.
of or pertaining to the apparent attraction or repulsion between a liquid and a solid, observed in capillarity.
4.
Anatomy. pertaining to a capillary or capillaries.
noun
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.
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World English Dictionary
capillary (kəˈpɪlərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | resembling a hair; slender |
| 2. | (of tubes) having a fine bore |
| 3. | anatomy of or relating to any of the delicate thin-walled blood vessels that form an interconnecting network between the arterioles and the venules |
| 4. | physics of or relating to capillarity |
| —n , -laries | |
| 5. | anatomy any of the capillary blood vessels |
| 6. | a fine hole or narrow passage in any substance |
| [C17: from Latin capillāris, from capillus hair] | |
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Word Origin & History
capillary
1656, from L. capillaris "of hair," from capillus "hair" (of the head). Capillarity is recorded from 1830.
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Medical Dictionary
capillary cap·il·lary (kāp'ə-lěr'ē)
adj.
Of or relating to the capillaries.
Relating to or resembling a hair; fine and slender.
Blood capillary.
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Science Dictionary
| capillary (kāp'ə-lěr'ē) Pronunciation Key
Any of the tiny blood vessels that connect the smallest arteries (arterioles) to the smallest veins (venules). Capillaries form a network throughout the body for the exchange of oxygen, metabolic waste products, and carbon dioxide between blood and tissue cells. |
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Cultural Dictionary
capillary [(kap-uh-ler-ee)]A thin tube, such as a blood vessel or a straw, through which fluids flow.
Note: The interaction between the fluid and the vessel walls produces a force that can lift the fluid up into the tube, a phenomenon known as capillary action.
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Example sentences
At the water surface, where capillary waves are spreading the longitudinal waves exists on both lower, both higher wavelengths.
From these branches a minute capillary plexus is given off, which does not extend beyond the inner nuclear layer.
The nasal cavity has extensive capillary plexuses in the mucosa and submucosa.
Capillary rise into inter-filament gaps must be overcome in addition to individual filament wetting.
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