blood vessel

Noun

Meaning

Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.

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blood-vessel

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Because when I read, I don't really read; I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop, or I sip it like a liqeur until the thought dissolves in me like alcohol, infusing brain and heart and coursing on through the veins to the root of each blood vessel. Bohumil Hrabal

The damage that the human body can survive these days is as awesome as it is horrible: crushing, burning, bombing, a burst blood vessel in the brain, a ruptured colon, a massive heart attack, rampaging infection. These conditions had once been uniformly fatal. Atul Gawande

A hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures or bursts. Source: Internet

Chemical genetics of vascular growth in Xenopus tadpoles: Given the important role of neovascularization in cancer progression, Xenopus embryos were recently used to identify new small molecules inhibitors of blood vessel growth. Source: Internet

Abnormal adhesion and decreased deformability of RBCs are the main causes of blood vessel occlusion (vaso-occlusion) in SCD. Source: Internet

Actually, the flu is not associated with a 70%-90% death rate, where your liver decomposes and you bleed from your eyes, nose, mouth, ears, anus, vagina, urethra, and anywhere else a blood vessel is close to the surface. Source: Internet

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