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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 tube | |
| —n | |
| a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc | |
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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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