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

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Simplified etymology

Capillary dates from the mid-17th century and comes from Latin capillus, “hair,” which is also the ultimate source of dishevelled.

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

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