Capillary

Definition:

  • (a.) Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
  • (a.) Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.
  • (n.) A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.
  • (n.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.

Compare capillary with other words:

capillary vs. papillary

angioscope vs. capillary

capillary vs. venula

capillary vs. wick

alveoli vs. capillary

capillary vs. vessel

capillariness vs. capillary

capillary vs. oxyhaemoglobin

capillary vs. congestion

capillary vs. stasis

capillarity vs. capillary

capillary vs. hair

capillary vs. vein

artery vs. capillary

box vs. capillary