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/kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/
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/ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi/
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/kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/
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/ˈkæpəˌlɛri/
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/käˈpɪʎä.ɹi/
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rhymes with -ɪləɹi
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CMU ARPABET:
K AE1 P AH0 L EH2 R IY0
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Resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
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Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
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Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
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Of or relating to capillaries in the body or to capillary action.
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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).
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Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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A tube or channel having a very small internal diameter, through which liquid can rise or be drawn by capillary action.
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Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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of or relating to hair
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
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Synonyms: hairlike
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a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
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Synonyms: capillary tube, capillary tubing
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Broader terms: tube, tubing
any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
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Synonyms: capillary vessel
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Broader terms: blood vessel
Narrower terms: glomerulus, tomentum, tomentum cerebri
From Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”), from capillus (“the hair, properly of the head”), from caput (“head”).
Across languages
Translations 98 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
капиля́р
(kapiljár)
— narrow tube
Finnish :
hiusputki
— narrow tube
Hungarian :
hajszálcső
— narrow tube
Hungarian :
kapilláris
— narrow tube
Māori :
ngongo rauangi
— narrow tube
Norwegian Bokmål :
kapillar
— narrow tube
Norwegian Nynorsk :
kapillar
— narrow tube
Polish :
kapilara
— narrow tube
Russian :
капилля́р
(kapilljár)
— narrow tube
Spanish :
capilaria
— narrow tube
Albanian :
kapilar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Arabic :
شُعَيْرَة دَمَوِيَّة
(suʕayra damawiyya)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Armenian :
մազանոթ
(mazanotʻ)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Azerbaijani :
kapilyar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Belarusian :
капіля́р
(kapiljár)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Belarusian :
валасні́к
(valasník)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Bengali :
কৈশিক
(kōiśik)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Bulgarian :
капиля́р
(kapiljár)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Burmese :
သွေးကြောမျှင်
(swe:krau:hmyang)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Burmese :
အကြောမျှင်
(a.krau:hmyang)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Catalan :
capil·lar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Chinese Cantonese :
微絲血管 /微丝血管
(mei4 si1 hyut3 gun2)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Chinese Mandarin :
毛細管 /毛细管
(máoxìguǎn)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Chinese Mandarin :
微血管
(wēixuèguǎn, wēixiěguǎn)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Chinese Mandarin :
毛細血管 /毛细血管
(máoxìxuèguǎn, máoxìxiěguǎn)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Czech :
vlásečnice
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Czech :
kapilára
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Danish :
kapillær
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Dutch :
haarvat
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Dutch :
capillair
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Esperanto :
kapilaro
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Estonian :
kapillaar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Finnish :
hiussuoni
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
French :
capillaire
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Georgian :
კაპილარი
(ḳaṗilari)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
German :
Kapillare
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Greek :
τριχοειδές αγγείο
(trichoeidés angeío)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Gujarati :
કેશવાહિની
(keśvāhinī)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Hebrew :
נִים
(nim)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Hindi :
केशिका
(keśikā)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Hungarian :
kapilláris
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Hungarian :
hajszálér
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Icelandic :
háræð
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Indonesian :
kapiler
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Italian :
capillare
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Italian :
vaso capillare
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Japanese :
毛細血管
(mōsaikekkan)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Japanese :
毛管
(mōkan)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Japanese :
毛細管
(mōsaikan)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Kazakh :
капилляр
(kapillär)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Kazakh :
қылтамыр
(qyltamyr)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Khmer :
កេសនា
(keesaʼnaa)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Khmer :
កេសរ
(keesɑɑ)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Korean :
모세관
(mosegwan)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Korean :
모세혈관
(mosehyeolgwan)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Northern Kurdish :
mûlûleya xwînê
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Kyrgyz :
капилляр
(kapillyar)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Lao :
ເສັ້ນເລືອດຝອຍ
(sen lư̄at fǭi)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Latvian :
kapilārs
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Lithuanian :
kapiliaras
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Macedonian :
капила́р
(kapilár)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Malay :
kapilari
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Malay :
rerambut
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Mongolian :
хялгасан хоолой
(xjalgasan xooloj)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Mongolian :
хялгасан судас
(xjalgasan sudas)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Navajo :
atsʼoostsʼóóz
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Norwegian Bokmål :
kapillar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Norwegian Nynorsk :
kapillar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Persian :
مویرَگ
(muyrag)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Polish :
kapilara
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Polish :
włośniczka
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Polish :
naczynie włosowate
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Polish :
naczynie kapilarne
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Portuguese :
capilar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Romanian :
vas capilar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Romanian :
capilar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Russian :
капилля́р
(kapilljár)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Serbo-Croatian :
капилар
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Serbo-Croatian :
kapilar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Slovak :
vlásočnica
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Slovak :
kapilára
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Slovene :
kapilara
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Spanish :
capilar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Swahili :
kapilari
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Swedish :
kapillär
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Tagalog :
lamuymoy
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Tagalog :
kapilaryo
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Tajik :
капилляр
(kapillyar)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Thai :
หลอดเลือดฝอย
(lɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat-fɔ̌i)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Thai :
เส้นเลือดฝอย
(sêen-lʉ̂ʉat-fɔ̌i)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Turkish :
kılcal damar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Turkish :
kapiler
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Turkmen :
kapillýar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Ukrainian :
капіля́р
(kapiljár)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Urdu :
کیشکا
(keśikā)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Uzbek :
kapillyar
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Vietnamese :
mao mạch
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Yiddish :
אָדערל
(oderl)
— any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
