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blood vessel
noun
- any of the vessels, as arteries, veins, or capillaries, through which the blood circulates.
blood vessel
noun
- an artery, capillary, or vein
blood vessel
- An elastic tube or passage in the body through which blood circulates; an artery, a vein, or a capillary.
Word History and Origins
Origin of blood vessel1
Example Sentences
Other viruses may simply break through blood vessel walls, slipping between or even through the cells, Spindler said.
The gas stimulated his heart action to the point where a blood vessel was ruptured causing death.
I presume not; but the sweat literally hailed off that man, and I expected every moment to see him burst a blood-vessel.
The colt tried to throw him off, and, failing to do so, dashed off at such a rate that he burst a blood vessel and fell down dead.
In this case, there is danger of bursting a blood-vessel, or occasioning an inflammation.
Thus we may close the artery until the doctor is called, who may sew up the injured blood vessel.
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