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UK
/kˈæpɪləɹi/
]
[ US /ˈkæpəˌɫɛɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈkæpəˌɫɛɹi/ ]
NOUN
- any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
- a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
ADJECTIVE
-
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
a capillary tube - of or relating to hair
How To Use capillary In A Sentence
- A method for separation and determination of cantharidin from the culture of medicinal fungi using capillary gas chromatography was developed.
- He watched the heavy blue fabric shredded open with the ragged capillary signature of summer lightning. KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
- The packed cell volume is determined by centrifuging the specimen in capillary tubes and measuring the height of the red cell column.
- Secondly, the glands without convolution, as the capillary vessels, which unite the terminations of the arteries and veins; and separate both the mucus, which lubricates the cellular membrane, and the perspirable matter, which preserves the skin moist and flexible. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life
- For this purpose a regulated high pressure air line and test gauge can be fitted via an adaptor to the capillary holder.
- Snap off the remainder of the capillary tube from the broad upper portion of the pipette which is now destined to form the covering tube or air chamber, or what we may term the "barrel. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.
- Urticarial lesions are the result of capillary vasodilation followed by transudation of fluid into the superficial dermis.
- The rheological properties of soy proteins were investigated respectively using a capillary rheometry and a Brabender torque rheometry.
- From the"treetop"to the"stem of tree", the structures were followed: the pulmonary alveolar capillary network, the postcapillary venule, the collecting venule and the venule.
- Different diameter capillary tubes are used for thinner or thicker oils.