NOUN | artifact | capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing | a tube of small internal diameter |
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body | capillary, capillary vessel | any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules | |
ADJECTIVE | pert | capillary | of or relating to hair |
all | capillary, hairlike | long and slender with a very small internal diameter |
Sounds | kae'pahleh.riy | |
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Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... |
Meaning | Of or relating to hair. | |
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Spanish | capilar | |
Catalan | capil·lar | |
Nouns | hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head) |
Meaning | long and slender with a very small internal diameter. | |
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Example | "a capillary tube" | |
Synonym | hairlike | |
Broader | thin | Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section |
Spanish | capilar | |
Nouns | capillarity | a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids / liquids in capillaries |
Meaning | A tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid / liquid by capillary action. | |
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Synonyms | capillary tube, capillary tubing | |
Part of | thermometer | measuring instrument for measuring temperature |
Broader | tube, tubing | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids / liquids or gases |
Spanish | capilar | |
Catalan | capilar, vas capil·lar |
Meaning | Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. | |
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Synonym | capillary vessel | |
Narrower | glomerulus | A small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body |
tomentum, tomentum cerebri | A network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex | |
Broader | blood vessel | A vessel in which blood circulates |
Spanish | capilar, capilar sanguíneo, tubo capilar | |
Catalan | capilar, capil·lar, capil·lar sanguini |
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