capillary

adj 1: relating to or involving capillarity; "capillary action";

"capillary attraction"

2: (anatomy) "a capillary network"

3: long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a

capillary tube" [syn: {hairlike}]

n 1: a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary

action [syn: {capillary tube}, {capillary tubing}]

2: any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with

venules