| CPG | capillary blood gases; cardiopneumographic recording; carotid phonoangiogram |
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| CWBTS | capillary whole blood true sugar |
| ECF | effective capillary flow; eosinophilic chemotactic factor; erythroid colony formation; extended care... |
| GCBM | glomerular capillary basement membrane |
| GCW | glomerular capillary wall |
| fenestrated capillary | A capillary, found in renal glomeruli, intestinal villi, and some glands, in which ultramicroscopic pores of variable size occur; usually these are closed by a delicate diaphragm, although diaphragms are lacking in at least some renal glomerular capillary's. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lymph capillary | The beginning of the lymphatic system of vessels; it is lined with a highly attenuated endothelium with poorly developed basement membrane and a lumen of variable caliber. See: lacteal. (05 Mar 2000) |