cap'illary

[L. capillaris, relating to hair.] x. Relating to hair. ^. Very fine and hair-like. 3. One of the microscopic blood-ve els forming the capillary system intermediate between the arteries and the veins. 4. Relating to a capillary ve el, c. arte'riole, a minute artery which terminates in a capillary, c. bronchi'tis, inflammation of the lining membrane of the terminal bronchial tubes, t. lake, the total ma of blood contained in the capillary ve els, c. vein, a venous radical or venule commencing from the capillaries. lymph-c, the beginning of a lymphatic ve el, arising from a lymph-space; it is larger than the ve el with which it is continuous.