capillary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   long and slender with a very small internal diameter

   A capillary tube.

2. 2
   noun

   a tube of small internal diameter

   Holds liquid by capillary action.

3. 3
   adj

   of or relating to hair

4. 4
   noun

   any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules

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

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