capillary /kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/adjective 4noun 2forms 3 adjective4 •Resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness. •Of or relating to capillaries in the body or to capillary action. •Of or pertaining to a narrow tube. •Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension. noun2 •Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (μm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules). •A tube or channel having a very small internal diameter, through which liquid can rise or be drawn by capillary action. formscapillaries · more capillary · most capillary