CAPILLARY

adj. and n. Ka2p'i2l-a-ria. Gr., Tpix<oSrj (adj.). Lat., capillaris (from capillus, a hair). Fr., capillaire. Ger., capiltar(adj.), haarfein (adj.), haardiinn (adj.), Haargefa (n.). Sp., capilar. 1 (adj.). Pertaining to the hair or to very thin hair-like filaments. [B.] 2 (adj.). Of hair-like finene . tB.] 3 (n.). A minute ve el, especially a minute blood-ve el of the system connecting the terminations of the arteries with the radicles of the veins, ranging in diameter from 0'007 to 0140 mm. [A, 385; C.] Arterial capillaries. Ger., arterielle Capillaren, kleinste Arterienreiser. The capillaries immediately terminating the smallest arteries; from 30 to 60 n in diameter. [J, 67.] Biliary capillaries. Fr., capillaires biliares. See Intra lobular CANALS. Chorio-capillaries. The capillaries of the chorion. [L, 318.] Gall capillaries. See Intra lobular CANALS. Lymphatic capillaries. Fr., capillaires h/mph a fiques, capillicules. The radicles of the lymphatic ducts, 0'002 mm. in diameter. [A, 385; C.] Pulmonary capillaries. Fr., capillaires pulmonaires. The capilO, no; O, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like oo in too; 104 [s. 67]