ALL meanings of capillaries
cap·il·lar·y
C c - adjective capillaries pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore. 1
- adjective capillaries resembling a strand of hair; hairlike. 1
- adjective capillaries Physics. pertaining to capillarity. of or relating to the apparent attraction or repulsion between a liquid and a solid, observed in capillarity. 1
- adjective capillaries Anatomy. pertaining to a capillary or capillaries. 1
- noun plural capillaries Anatomy. one of the minute blood vessels between the terminations of the arteries and the beginnings of the veins. 1
- noun plural capillaries Also called capillary tube. a tube with a small bore. 1
- noun capillaries Any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules. 1
- noun capillaries plural of capillary. 0