CAPILLARY
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Cap"il*la*ry (kăp"ĭl*l&auptack_;*rӗ or k&adot_;*pĭl"l&adot_;*rӗ; 277), a. [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.
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2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.
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Capillary attraction, Capillary repulsion, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a solid and liquid caused by capillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction. -- Capillarity tubes. See the Note under Capillarity.
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Cap"il*la*ry, n.; pl. Capillaries (&unr_;). 1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.
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2. (Anat.) 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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