capillary
Resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
Other meanings
Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
Related words
- alveolocapillary
- arteriocapillary
- capillaric
- capillarily
- capillaritis
- capillarization
- cerebrocapillary
- choriocapillary
- elastocapillary
- electrocapillary
- endocapillary
- exocapillary
Word history
From Latin "capillāris" (pertaining to the hair).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “capillary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.