All capillary synonyms
cap·il·lar·y
C c noun capillary
- hair — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- nerve — one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- seam — the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- lode — a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- stripe — a stroke with a whip, rod, etc., as in punishment.
- artery — Arteries are the tubes in your body that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body. Compare vein.
- vein — one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- streak — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- thread — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- duct — any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
- course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- stratum — a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another: a stratum of ancient foundations.
- venation — the arrangement of veins, as in a leaf or in the wing of an insect.
- follicle — Anatomy. a small cavity, sac, or gland. one of the small ovarian sacs containing an immature ovum; Graafian follicle.
- blood vessel — Blood vessels are the narrow tubes through which your blood flows.
- arteriole — any of the small subdivisions of an artery that form thin-walled vessels ending in capillaries
- metarteriole — An arterial capillary; a short vessel linking arterioles and venules.
- venule — a small vein.