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Definitions for Capillary:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Capillary \Cap"il*la*ry\, n.; pl. Capillaries. 1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) 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. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Capillary \Cap"il*la*ry\ (k[a^]p"[i^]l*l[asl]*r[y^] or k[.a]*p[i^]l"l[.a]*r[y^]; 277), a. [L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf. Capillaire.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. [1913 Webster] Capillary attraction, Capillary repulsion, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a solid and liquid caused by capillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction. Capillarity tubes. See the Note under Capillarity. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
capillary adj 1: of or relating to hair 2: long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube" [syn: hairlike] n 1: a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action [syn: capillary tube, capillary tubing] 2: any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules [syn: capillary vessel]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "capillary": aorta, arterial, arteriole, artery, blood vessel, bristlelike, carotid, cirrose, cirrous, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, hairlike, hairy, jugular vein, ligamental, portal vein, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, ropy, silky, stringy, taeniate, taeniform, threadlike, thready, vascular, vein, veinlet, veinous, vena cava, venation, venose, venous, venule, vesicular, wiry

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capillary adj. Relating to or resembling a hair; fine and slender. Having a very small internal diameter: a capillary tube

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