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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine) a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action | |
| Synonyms: | capillary_tubing capillary_tube | |
| Related terms: | tube thermometer | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (anatomy) "a capillary network" | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] long and slender with a very small internal diameter | |
| Synonyms: | hairlike | |
| Examples: | "a capillary tube" |
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| Related terms: | thin | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] relating to or involving capillarity | |
| Examples: | "capillary action" "capillary attraction" |
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| Related terms: | hair capillarity | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules | |
| Synonyms: | capillary_vessel | |
| Related terms: | blood_vessel tomentum glomerulus | |
| Similar spelling: |
capillarity caviler caviller Cavallaro Caballero |
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