capillary

English

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Capillaries

Etymology

From Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”), from capillus (“the hair, prop. of the head”), from caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /kəˈpɪ.lə.ɹi/, /ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi/
• (UK) IPA: /kəˈpɪ.lə.ɹi/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi/

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Adjective

capillary (comparative more capillary, superlative most capillary)

1. of or pertaining to hair
2. pertaining to a narrow tube

Noun

capillary (plural capillaries)

1. A narrow tube
2. (anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins

Derived terms

• capillarity
• capillary action
• capillary wave

Translations

narrow tube

• Finnish: hiusputki (fi)

• Hungarian: hajszálcső (hu), kapilláris (hu)
• Spanish: capilaria (es) f

any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins

• Arabic: شعيرة دموية (ar) (šaʿīra damawíyya) f
• Bulgarian: капиляра (bg) (kapiljára) f
• Catalan: capilar m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛細管 (cmn), 毛细管 (cmn) (máoxìguǎn), 微血管 (cmn) (wēixuèguǎn, wēixiěguǎn), 毛細血管 (cmn), 毛细血管 (cmn) (máoxìxuèguǎn, máoxìxiěguǎn)

• Czech: vlásečnice (cs) f, kapilára (cs) f
• Dutch: hartvat (nl) n, capillair (nl)
• Finnish: hiussuoni (fi)
• French: capillaire (fr) m
• German: Kapillare (de) f
• Greek: τριχοειδές αγγείο (el) (trichoeidés angeío) n
• Hebrew: נים (he) (nym) m
• Hungarian: kapilláris (hu), hajszálér (hu)

• Italian: capillare (it) m, vaso capillare (it) m
• Japanese: 毛細血管 (ja) (もうさいけっかん, mōsaikekkan), 毛管 (ja) (もうかん, mōkan)
• Korean: 모세관 (ko) (mosegwan)
• Malay: kapilari (ms)
• Polish: kapilara (pl) f
• Portuguese: capilar (pt) m
• Romanian: vas capilar (ro)
• Russian: капилляр (ru) (kapilljár) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: капилар (sh) m

  Roman: kapilar (sh) m

• Slovak: vlásočnica (sk) f, kapilára (sk) f
• Slovene: kapilara (sl) f
• Spanish: capilar (es) m, tubo capilar (es) m

See also

• artery
• circulatory system
• vein

External links

• capillary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• capillary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911