capillary refill

English

Alternative forms

• cap refill

Noun

capillary refill (countable and uncountable, plural capillary refills)

1. The refilling of empty capillaries by blood
2. (emergency medicine) An assessment of the rate of refilling of blood capillaries after having applied pressure; used as a diagnostic procedure.

Translations

refilling of empty capillaries by blood

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛細血管再充盈 / 毛细血管再充盈 (máoxìxuèguǎn zàichōngyíng), 毛細管回流 / 毛细管回流 (máoxìguǎn huíliú), 微血管充填 (wēixuèguǎn chōngtián)

• Finnish: hiusverisuonten täyttyminen