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Topic: HUMAN

Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: capillaire, from Latin capillaris, from capillus 'hair'

capillary

 noun
     
ca‧pil‧la‧ry plural capillaries [countable]
HBH the smallest type of blood vessel (=tube carrying blood) in the body
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