bloodstream
noun
blood·stream
ˈbləd-ˌstrēm 
1
: the flowing blood in a circulatory system
2
: a mainstream of power or vitality
introduce into the economic bloodstream a large amount of money—
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The drug is now entering the bloodstream.
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Instead of your body using glucose as energy, the glucose remains in the bloodstream.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
Hopelessness seems to pervade the collective bloodstream of the citizenry today.
—David Baldacci, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
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Lauryn Higgins, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
Hopelessness seems to pervade the collective bloodstream of the citizenry today.
—David Baldacci, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
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bloodstream
noun
blood·stream
-ˌstrēm
: the flowing blood in a living thing with a circulatory system
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