Meaning & use
capillary
One of the tiny blood vessels connecting arteries and veins throughout body tissue.
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Oxygen passes from the lungs into the blood through thin capillaries.
A bruise forms when small capillaries under the skin are damaged.
A note on using this word
As an adjective, capillary also describes narrow tube-like structures, as in capillary action in plants.
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