capillary
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Capillaries
English
Etymology
From Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”), from capillus (“the hair, properly of the head”), from caput (“head”).
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/, /ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi/
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪləɹi
Adjective
capillary (comparative more capillary, superlative most capillary)
- Of or pertaining to hair.
- Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
- Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
Derived terms
- alveolocapillary
- arteriocapillary
- capillaric
- capillarily
- capillaritis
- capillarization
- capillary bed
- capillary refill
- cerebrocapillary
- choriocapillary
- elastocapillary
- electrocapillary
- endocapillary
- exocapillary
- extracapillary
- intercapillary
- intracapillary
- juxtacapillary
- magnetocapillary
- megacapillary
- microcapillary
- midcapillary
- multicapillary
- nanocapillary
- neocapillary
- neurocapillary
- noncapillary
- optocapillary
- pericapillary
- polycapillary
- postcapillary
- precapillary
- pseudocapillary
- thermocapillary
- transcapillary
- vasocapillary
- venocapillary
Noun
capillary (plural capillaries)
- A narrow tube.
- (anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (μm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules).
Derived terms
Translations
narrow tube
any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
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See also
Further reading
- “capillary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “capillary”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.