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capillary refill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
cap-il-lary re-fill
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The refilling of empty capillaries by blood.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An assessment of the rate of refilling of blood capillaries after having applied pressure; used as a diagnostic procedure.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

capillary refills (plural)

Synonyms

cap refill

Questions

What does capillary refill mean?
The refilling of empty capillaries by blood.

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