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^(key): /kəˈpɪ.lə.ɹi/, /ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈpɪ.lə.ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /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, kapilláris
• Spanish: capilaria f

any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins

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

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

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

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

  Cyrillic: капилар m

  Roman: kapilar m

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