Noncapillary
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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
More examples"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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