capillary

Relating to or resembling a thin, hair-like tube; often used in biology and physics to describe narrow blood vessels or the action of liquids in narrow spaces.

• 🇨🇳指与细如毛发的管道有关的，或类似这种管道的；在生物学和物理学中常用来描述狭窄的血管或液体在狭窄空间中的作用。

1. Relating to narrow tubes C1 formal scientific

   Relating to or resembling a very thin tube or hair-like structure.

   • Capillary action allows water to move through narrow spaces.
   • The capillary tube is used in scientific experiments.
   • Capillary forces are important in soil science.

   🇨🇳毛细管的

   同义词: filamentousfinehairlikethreadliketubular

2. Relating to blood vessels C1 formal medical

   Relating to the smallest blood vessels in the body that connect arteries and veins.

   • Capillary walls are very thin to allow gas exchange.
   • Damage to capillary vessels can cause bruising.
   • The doctor examined the capillary refill time on the patient's finger.

   🇨🇳毛细血管的

• more capillary comparative form
• most capillary superlative form

A noun referring to a very small, thin-walled blood vessel that connects arteries and veins, enabling the exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste products between blood and tissues.

• 🇨🇳名词，指连接动脉和静脉的极细薄壁血管，是血液与组织之间进行氧气、营养物质和代谢废物交换的场所。

1. Blood vessel C1 formal medical

   Any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules, enabling the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste products between blood and tissues.

   • Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in the human body.
   • The walls of capillaries are only one cell thick to allow for efficient exchange.
   • When you cut your skin, you often damage tiny capillaries, causing bleeding.

   🇨🇳毛细血管

• capillaries plural form
• capillaries' possessive plural form
• capillary's possessive singular form