capillary

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to hair.
2. Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
3. Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.

Noun

1. A narrow tube.
2. 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).

Concepts

capillaire

artériole

vaisseau capillaire

veinule

capillarité

petite veine

vaisseau sanguin très fin

tube capillaire

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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