capillary
121capillary vein — noun a minute vein continuous with a capillary • Syn: ↑venule, ↑venula • Hypernyms: ↑vein, ↑vena, ↑venous blood vessel • Hyponyms: ↑episcleral veins, ↑ …
122capillary vessel — noun any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules • Syn: ↑capillary • Hypernyms: ↑blood vessel • Hyponyms: ↑glomerulus, ↑tomentum, ↑tomentum cerebri …
123capillary potential — noun 1. : the work done in bringing a unit mass of liquid from a level liquid surface to any point within a capillary region 2. : the driving force that causes moisture to move in soil by capillarity …
124capillary water — noun : water that remains in the soil after gravitational water is drained out, that is subject to the laws of capillary movement, and that is in the form of a film around the soil grains …
125capillary electrophoresis — noun : electrophoresis performed in a capillary tube …
126capillary — adj. [L. capillus, hair] Hair like …
127capillary — noun /kəˈpɪ.lə.ɹi,ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi,kəˈpɪ.lə.ɹi,ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi/ Any of the small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins. Their walls are composed of a single layer of cells which allows molecules such as oxygen, water and lipids to pass through them… …
128capillary — Synonyms and related words: aorta, arterial, arteriole, artery, blood vessel, bristlelike, carotid, cirrose, cirrous, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, hairlike, hairy, jugular vein, ligamental, portal vein,… …
