kapiler
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch capillair, from Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”), from capillus (“the hair, properly of the head”), from caput (“head”).
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Noun edit
kapilèr (first-person possessive kapilerku, second-person possessive kapilermu, third-person possessive kapilernya)
- capillary:
- a narrow tube.
- (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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Further reading edit
- “kapiler” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.