Capillary Definition

kăpə-lĕrē
capillaries
adjective
Of or like a hair, esp. in being very slender.
Webster's New World
Having a very small bore.
Webster's New World
In or of capillaries.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to capillarity.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
capillaries
Any of the tiny blood vessels normally connecting the smallest arteries (arterioles) with the smallest veins (venules)
Webster's New World
A tube with a very small bore.
Webster's New World

(anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins.

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Other Word Forms of Capillary

Noun

Singular:
capillary
Plural:
capillaries

Origin of Capillary

  • From Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”), from capillus (“the hair, prop. of the head”), from caput (“head”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin capillāris from capillus hair

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Capillary Sentence Examples

  • Capillary bleeding is a general oozing from a raw surface.

  • The vessel is completely filled with mercury, the capillary sealed, and the vessel weighed.

  • The vessel is filled by placing the capillary in a vessel containing the liquid and 6 gently aspirating.

  • Mercury thermometer A glass bulb filled with mercury is connected to a narrow evacuated glass capillary tube.

  • Wax content - determined by capillary column gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) for detecting the addition of solvent extracted olive pomace oil.

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Words Starting With

CCACAP

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YRYARY

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