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capillary refill

noun

Definitions

  1. The refilling of empty capillaries by blood.

  2. An assessment of the rate of refilling of blood capillaries after having applied pressure

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for capillary refill. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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