Capillary synonyms

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funicular
A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.
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fine
Very sharp; keen:
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thin (related)
Watery:
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hairlike
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narrow (related)
Barely sufficient; close:
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blood-vessel
(Anatomy) A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.
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minute
A measure of the distance usually covered in a minute
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slender
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tension
(Physics) Voltage. Usually only the terms low tension, high tension, and extra-high tension, and the abbreviations LT, HT, and EHT are used. They are not precisely defined; LT is normally a few volts, HT a few hundreds of volts, and EHT thousands of volts.
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tube
(North America, colloquial) A television. Also, derisively, boob tube. British: telly
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capillary-tube
a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
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capillary tubing
a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
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capillary vessel
any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
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bristlelike
Resembling a bristle or some aspect of one.
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cirrous
Pertaining to cirrus clouds.
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fibered
Having fibers / fibres
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flagelliform
Shaped like a whip
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ligamental
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a ligament
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taeniform
(Archaic) Shaped like a ribbon, ribbonlike
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thready
Thin, weak, feeble, etc.
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taeniate
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cavity (related)
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membrane (related)
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alveolus (related)
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artery (related)
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fluid (related)
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duct (related)
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venule (related)
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arteriole (related)
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diaphragm (related)
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arterial (related)
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fibrin (related)
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pore (related)
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  • Capillary bleeding is a general oozing from a raw surface.

  • The vessel is completely filled with mercury, the capillary sealed, and the vessel weighed.

  • The vessel is filled by placing the capillary in a vessel containing the liquid and 6 gently aspirating.

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