plural of capillary

Of or pertaining to hair. / Of or pertaining to a narrow tube. / Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.

A narrow tube.

The state or quality of being capillary.

plural of peritubular capillary

(physics) The drawing of a liquid (often against gravity) into or up narrow interstices due to surface tension

The refilling of empty capillaries by blood / (emergency medicine) An assessment of the rate of refilling of blood capillaries after having applied pressure; used as a diagnostic procedure.

plural of capillary refill

A wave at a fluid boundary dominated by surface tension (opposed to larger waves dominated by gravity), a ripple.

(physiology) Any of many reticulated network of capillaries that supply blood to the organs inside the body.