blood volume

noun

1. med the total quantity of blood in the body

Example Sentences

“For athletes who don’t want to cheat, altitude training is one of the unique ways to enhance a training response and improve the blood volume and red cell mass in particular,” said Dr. Benjamin Levine, professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern and director of Texas Health Dallas’ Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine.

From Los Angeles Times

Two main techniques are used: imaging photoplethysmography, detecting blood volume changes, and periodic movement extraction, measuring heart and respiratory rates from body movements; both have been validated in nonhuman primates but have certain limitations.

From Science Daily

The researchers found that the most important factor in how the right ventricle responded to VAD implantation was how well the pulmonary vascular system -- the network of vessels that carries blood between the heart and lungs -- adapted to changes in blood volume and flow induced by the VAD.

From Science Daily

In microgravity, however, the blood volume above your neck will most likely still be too high, at least for a while.

From New York Times

The court heard Baby E lost 25% of his blood volume before his death in the early hours of 4 August.

From BBC