capillary
1. a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action (Freq. 2) • Syn: capillary tube, capillary tubing • Hypernyms: tube, tubing • Part Holonyms: thermometer 2. any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules • Syn: capillary vessel • Hypernyms: blood vessel • Hyponyms: glomerulus, tomentum, tomentum cerebri
1. of or relating to hair • Pertains to noun: hair 2. long and slender with a very small internal diameter - a capillary tube • Syn: hairlike • Similar to: thin • Derivationally related forms: capillarity
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