'Capillary' definitions:
Definition of 'capillary'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to hair
adjective
Long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube" [syn: capillary, hairlike]
noun
A tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action [syn: capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing]
noun
Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules [syn: capillary, capillary vessel]
Definition of 'Capillary'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Capillary'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'capillary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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