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Capital punishment
Sentencing a criminal to death and carrying out the sentence via a legal method such as hanging, electrocution, or lethal injection.
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Capillus
A hair, especially of the head.
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Venous capillary
One of the minute vessels that convey blood from a capillary network into the small veins (venules).
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Secretory capillary
Any of the very small canaliculi that are part of the secretory outflow path receiving secretion discharged from gland cells.
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Blood capillary
One of the minute blood vessels that convey blood from the arterioles to the venules and form an anastomosing network that brings the blood into intimate relationship with the tissue cells. Its wall consists of a single layer of squamous cells (endothelium) through which oxygen diffuses to the tissue and products of metabolic activity enter…
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Arterial capillary
One of the very small vessels that are the terminal branches of the arterioles or metarterioles.
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Capillaroscopy
Examination of capillaries for diagnostic purposes.
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Capillariasis
Infestation of the large intestine with the roundworm Capillaria. Treatment is with thiabendazole or albendazole.
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Capillaria philippinensis
A species of roundworm discovered in the Philippines. It causes severe diarrhea, malabsorption, and enteric protein loss in humans; mortality is high.
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Capillaria
A genus of parasitic nematodes.
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