Defenition of the word capillary

• Defenition of the word capillary

  • A minute vessel that connects the arterioles and venules.
  • (anatomy) "a capillary network"
  • relating to or involving capillarity; "capillary action"; "capillary attraction"
  • any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
  • a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
  • long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube"
  • of or relating to hair
  • long and slender with a very small internal diameter

Synonyms for the word capillary

• • capillary tube
  • capillary tubing
  • duct
  • hairlike
  • passageway
  • tube
  • vessel

Similar words in the capillary

• • capillary
  • thin

Meronymys for the word capillary

• • thermometer

Hyponyms for the word capillary

• • glomerulus
  • tomentum
  • tomentum cerebri

Hypernyms for the word capillary

• • blood vessel
  • tube
  • tubing

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