1. A tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
   - capillary tube, capillary tubing 
2. Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
   - capillary vessel

1. Of or relating to hair 
2. Long and slender with a very small internal diameter
   "a capillary tube"
   - hairlike

Derived forms: capillaries

See also: capillarity, hair, thin

Type of: blood vessel, tube, tubing

Part of: thermometer

Encyclopedia: Capillary

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