meaning of capillary
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.
3. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.
4. 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.
5. a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
Related Words
capillary | capillary action | capillary artery | capillary bed | capillary fracture | capillary tube | capillary tubing | capillary vein | capillary vessel |
