capillary
11capillary — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or like a hair. 2 (of a tube) of hairlike internal diameter. 3 of one of the delicate ramified blood vessels intervening between arteries and veins. n. (pl. ies) 1 a capillary tube. 2 a capillary blood vessel. Phrases and… …
12capillary — A narrow bore glass tube. Capillary column gas chromatography employs glass tubes having an inside diameter of approximately .2 to .5 millimeters and a length of 3 to 300 meters. The walls of a capillary column are coated with an adsorbent or… …
13capillary — UK [kəˈpɪlərɪ] / US [ˈkæpɪˌlerɪ] noun [countable] Word forms capillary : singular capillary plural capillaries medical the smallest type of blood vessel, with a wall that is only one cell thick. It carries blood to and from individual cells in… …
14capillary — kapiliaras statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Labai plonas vamzdelis. atitikmenys: angl. capillary; capillary tube vok. Haarröhrchen, n; Kapillare, f; Kapillarröhrchen, n rus. капилляр, m pranc. tube capillaire, m …
15capillary — kapiliaras statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Labai plonas vamzdelis. atitikmenys: angl. capillary; capillary tube rus. капилляр …
16capillary — The smallest type of blood vessel. A capillary connects an arteriole (small artery) to a venule (small vein) to form a network of blood vessels in almost all parts of the body. The wall of a capillary is thin and leaky, and capillaries are… …
17capillary — The small blood vessels that link arterioles with venules. Lumen may be formed within a single endothelial cell, and have a diameter less than that of an erythrocyte, which must deform to pass through. Blood flow through capillaries can be… …
18capillary — noun Capillary is used before these nouns: ↑tube …
19capillary — [kə pɪləri] noun (plural capillaries) 1》 Anatomy any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules. 2》 (also capillary tube) a tube with an internal diameter of hair like thinness. adjective relating… …
20capillary — cap•il•lar•y [[t]ˈkæp əˌlɛr i[/t]] n. pl. lar•ies, adj. 1) anat. one of the minute blood vessels between the terminations of the arteries and the beginnings of the veins 2) phs Also called cap′illary tube . a tube with a small bore 3) anat.… …