capillary refill

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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.

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