Capillary: alternatives and connections

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.

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A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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of Tube

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The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.

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The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.

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The quality or condition of being capillary.

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The quality or condition of being capillary.

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An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in th…

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The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of…

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