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capillary (iou)



capillary adjective & noun. M17.
[Latin capillaris, from capillus hair, after Old & mod. French capillaire: see -ARY2.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to hair; hairlike, esp. in tenuity. M17.
Of a tube etc.: having a hairlike bore. M17.
Of, pertaining to, or occurring in capillaries. E19.
capillary attraction, capillary repulsion the tendency of liquid in a capillary tube to rise, recede, as a result of surface forces.
b. noun.
A capillary vessel; esp. any of the extremely narrow blood-vessels which form a network between the arterioles and venules. M17.
A fern, esp. the maidenhair. M17-M18.
Also capillar adjective LME-L17.