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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

모세혈관

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mosehyeolgwan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Capillary/ˈkæp.ɪ.lər.i/
nounadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #6540 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"모세혈관은 신체 조직에 산소를 공급합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.

    "Oxygen passes through the walls of the capillary into the surrounding tissues."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Resembling a hair; fine and slender, especially with reference to narrow tubes.

    "Water rises up a narrow capillary tube due to surface tension."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'capillaris', meaning 'of or relating to hair', stemming from 'capillus' (hair). First entering English in the late 16th century as an adjective, it evolved to describe fine, hair-like tubes or blood vessels in anatomical and physical contexts.

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