capillary

Syllables: cap·il·lar·yUK/kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/

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Canada/kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/

capillary adjective: resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.

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Adjective

capillary (comparative more capillary, superlative most capillary)

Resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
Of or relating to capillaries in the body or to capillary action.

Noun

capillary (plural capillaries)

Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (μm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules).
A tube or channel having a very small internal diameter, through which liquid can rise or be drawn by capillary action.

capillary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

capillary in Hindi

any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins: केशिका keśikā

capillary in Tamil

நுண்குழல், நுண்புழை, தந்துகி, நுண்துளை, மயிர்த்துளை, இரத்த நுண் குழாய்

capillary in Urdu

any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins: کیشکا keśikā

capillary in Bengali

any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins: কৈশিক kōiśik

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capillary in Telugu: కేశనాళిక kēśanāḷika
capillary in Kannada: ಕಿರುಕೊಳವೆ, ಲೋಮನಾಳ, ಕಿಸುಸೆರೆ, ರಕ್ತನಾಳ
capillary in Gujarati: કેશવાહિની keśvāhinī
capillary in Tagalog: lamuymoy, kapilaryo
capillary in Arabic: شُعَيْرَة دَمَوِيَّة suʕayra damawiyya
capillary in Malay: kapilari, rerambut
capillary in Indonesian: kapiler
capillary in Persian: مویرَگ muyrag
capillary in Thai: หลอดเลือดฝอย lɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat-fɔ̌i, เส้นเลือดฝอย sêen-lʉ̂ʉat-fɔ̌i
capillary in Vietnamese: mao mạch
capillary in Myanmar: သွေးကြောမျှင် swe:krau:hmyang, အကြောမျှင် a.krau:hmyang

Examples of capillary in a sentence

The CE protocols provided better visualization of the “bald” zones within the capillary nonperfused zones (Figure 6).
Electropherogram generated by capillary gel electrophoresis with phospholipid nanogel matrix shows separation of amplicons over time.
In capillaries of larger caliber, three to four endothelial cells may encompass the lumen.

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Forms of capillary

Adjective
comparative	more capillary
superlative	most capillary
Noun
plural	capillaries

Plural of capillary: capillaries

Origin of capillary

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

Phrases with capillary

Words that rhyme with capillary

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Questions about capillary

What does capillary mean?: Capillary means resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
What is capillary in Hindi?: Capillary in Hindi is केशिका (keśikā). See Capillary meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is capillary?: Capillary can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce capillary?: Capillary is pronounced /kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/ (Canada).

Words near capillary in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: capillary (page history and authors); capillary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కేశనాళిక (Telugu) (page history and authors); capillary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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