kapiler

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch capillair, from Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”), from capillus (“the hair, properly of the head”), from caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈpilɛr]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧lèr
  • Rhymes: -lɛr, -ɛr, -r

Noun

kapilèr (plural kapiler-kapiler)

  1. capillary:
    1. a narrow tube
    2. (anatomy) 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)

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