capillary
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Synonyms: papillary, axillary, capillarity, capillaire, mamillary, bacillary, pupillary, capilla, arillary, capillaric, maxillary
Antonyms: papillary, axillary, capillarity, capillaire, mamillary, bacillary, pupillary, capilla, arillary, capillaric, maxillary
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Adjective
- Resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
- 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.
Noun
- {{lb|en|anatomy}} Any of the small [[blood vessel]]s (from 5 to 10 [[micrometre]]s/[[micrometer]]s ([[μm]]) in [[diameter]]) that connect [[artery|arteries]] to [[vein]]s (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the [[arteriole]]s and [[venule]]s).
- {{lb|en|physics|chemistry}} A tube or channel having a very small internal diameter, through which liquid can rise or be drawn by capillary action.
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