Incidentally, that the gills of fish are bright red is because there are many 'capillary vessels' collected there, the same as for lungs.
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Capillary
//kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi//
Synonyms for "capillary" (47 found)
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Related words (23)
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1 entriesRelated terms
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4 entriespart of
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94 translations across 65 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kapilar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Arabic
1 entries- شُعَيْرَة دَمَوِيَّة noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Armenian
1 entries- մազանոթ noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kapilyar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Belarusian
2 entries- валасні́к noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- капіля́р noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Bengali
1 entries- কৈশিক noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Bulgarian
2 entries- капиля́р noun (narrow tube)
- капиля́р noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Burmese
2 entries- သွေးကြောမျှင် noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- အကြောမျှင် noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Catalan
1 entries- capil·lar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 微絲血管 /微丝血管 noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 微血管 noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- 毛細管 /毛细管 noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- 毛細血管 /毛细血管 noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Czech
2 entries- kapilára noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- vlásečnice noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Danish
1 entries- kapillær noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Dutch
2 entries- capillair noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- haarvat noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Esperanto
1 entries- kapilaro noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Estonian
1 entries- kapillaar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Finnish
2 entries- hiusputki noun (narrow tube)
- hiussuoni noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
French
1 entries- capillaire noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Georgian
1 entries- კაპილარი noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
German
1 entries- Kapillare noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Greek
1 entries- τριχοειδές αγγείο noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Gujarati
1 entries- કેશવાહિની noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Hebrew
1 entries- נִים noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Hindi
1 entries- केशिका noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Hungarian
4 entries- hajszálcső noun (narrow tube)
- hajszálér noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- kapilláris noun (narrow tube)
- kapilláris noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Icelandic
1 entries- háræð noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Indonesian
1 entries- kapiler noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Italian
2 entries- capillare noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- vaso capillare noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Japanese
3 entries- 毛管 noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- 毛細管 noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- 毛細血管 noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Kazakh
2 entries- капилляр noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- қылтамыр noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Khmer
2 entries- កេសនា noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- កេសរ noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Korean
2 entries- 모세관 noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- 모세혈관 noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- капилляр noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Lao
1 entries- ເສັ້ນເລືອດຝອຍ noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Latvian
1 entries- kapilārs noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kapiliaras noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Macedonian
1 entries- капила́р noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Malay
2 entries- kapilari noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- rerambut noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Mongolian
2 entries- хялгасан судас noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- хялгасан хоолой noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Māori
1 entries- ngongo rauangi noun (narrow tube)
Navajo
1 entries- atsʼoostsʼóóz noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- mûlûleya xwînê noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kapillar noun (narrow tube)
- kapillar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kapillar noun (narrow tube)
- kapillar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Persian
1 entries- مویرَگ noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Polish
1 entries- kapilara noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Portuguese
1 entries- capilar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Romanian
2 entries- capilar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- vas capilar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Russian
2 entries- капилля́р noun (narrow tube)
- капилля́р noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kapilar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- капилар noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Slovak
2 entries- kapilára noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- vlásočnica noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Slovene
1 entries- kapilara noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Spanish
2 entries- capilar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- capilaria noun (narrow tube)
Swahili
1 entries- kapilari noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Swedish
1 entries- kapillär noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Tagalog
2 entries- kapilaryo noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- lamuymoy noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Tajik
1 entries- капилляр noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Thai
2 entries- หลอดเลือดฝอย noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- เส้นเลือดฝอย noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Turkish
2 entries- kapiler noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
- kılcal damar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Turkmen
1 entries- kapillýar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Ukrainian
1 entries- капіля́р noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Urdu
1 entries- کیشکا noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Uzbek
1 entries- kapillyar noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mao mạch noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָדערל noun (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
While feeding on citrus leaves, the bug infests them with bacteria that clog the tree’s capillary system, slowly choking it to death.
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