Capillary
Pronunciation : Cap"il*la*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf. Capillaire.]
Definition : 1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. Capillary attraction, Capillary repulsion, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a soild and liquid caused bycapillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction. -- Capillarity tubes. See the Note under Capillarity.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Cap"il*la*ry, n.; pl.
Part of Speech : Capillaries
Definition : 1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913