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CAPILLARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
Synonyms:
capillary; capillary tube; capillary tubing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("capillary" is a kind of...):
tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
Holonyms ("capillary" is a part of...):
thermometer (measuring instrument for measuring temperature)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
Synonyms:
capillary; capillary vessel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("capillary" is a kind of...):
blood vessel (a vessel in which blood circulates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capillary"):
glomerulus (a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation)
tomentum; tomentum cerebri (a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long and slender with a very small internal diameter
Example:
a capillary tube
Synonyms:
capillary; hairlike
Classified under:
Similar:
thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)
Derivation:
capillarity (a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to hair
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)
Context examples:
It is further characterized by an inflammatory reaction in the filtering capillaries and the deposition of plasma components between the endothelium and glomerular basement membrane.
(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Segmental Hyalinosis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is further characterized by an inflammatory reaction in the glomerular capillaries due to the deposition of immune complexes and subsequent thickening of the glomerular basement membrane.
(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is further characterized by an inflammatory reaction in the glomerular capillaries and the effacement of the surrounding epithelial cell foot processes worsening protein leakage.
(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Minimal Change Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is further characterized by a chronic inflammatory reaction in the glomerular capillaries.
(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Persistent Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is further characterized by scarring of some of the glomerular capillaries.
(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Focal Glomerulosclerosis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is further characterized by an inflammatory reaction in the endovascular lining of the glomerular capillaries.
(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Endothelial Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)
Slender, contractile, mesenchymal-like cells found in close association with capillary walls.
(Murine Pericytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is composed of round to oval mesenchymal cells, small signet ring lipoblasts, and a rich network of capillaries in a myxoid stroma.
(Myxoid Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Most nanoparticles are constructed to be small enough to pass through blood capillaries and enter cells.
(Nanoparticle, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Inflammation is induced by release of vasodilatory, opsonizing, and chemotactic mediators that attract phagocytizing macrophages and leukocytes; dilate local blood vessels, increasing local blood flow and capillary permeability; and induce pain.
(Negative Regulation of Inflammatory Response Process, NCI Thesaurus)
