Capillary
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Capillary is an adjective meaning Resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
Meaning
Resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
More Meanings
- Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
- Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
- Of or relating to capillaries in the body or to capillary action.
- (physics, chemistry) A tube or channel having a very small internal diameter, through which liquid can rise or be drawn by capillary action.
- (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).
Word Forms
- capillaries
Synonyms for capillary
Depending on context, synonyms include thin, hairlike.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hairlike, thin, hair, tubule, electrochromatography, fine.
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