CAPILLARY


Meaning of CAPILLARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kəˈpɪlərɪ ]

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or like a hair. 2 (of a tube) of hairlike internal diameter. 3 of one of the delicate ramified blood vessels intervening between arteries and veins. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a capillary tube. 2 a capillary blood vessel. øcapillary action = CAPILLARITY. [L capillaris f. capillus hair]

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