capillary

n. மயிரிழைபோன்ற நுண்குழல், நாடி நாளங்களை இணைக்கும் நுண்புழை நாளம். (பெ.) மயிர் சார்ந்த, மயிரிழைபோன்ற, நுண்புழையுடைய.

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Cap"il*la*ry, a. Etym: [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. 2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. Capillary attraction, Capillary repulsion, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a soild and liquid caused bycapillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction. -- Capillarity tubes. See the Note under Capillarity. Cap"il*la*ry, n.; pl., Capillaries (. 1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute. 2. (Anat.) Defn: 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.

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