Noncapillary

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not capillary. not-comparable

    "The spleen, by contrast, has a so-called noncapillary circulatory system: as the blood flows in, it is dumped into puddle-like sinusoids, and to get back out it must squeeze between cells."

Example

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"The spleen, by contrast, has a so-called noncapillary circulatory system: as the blood flows in, it is dumped into puddle-like sinusoids, and to get back out it must squeeze between cells."

Etymology

From non- + capillary.

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