blood vessel

noun

: any of the vessels through which blood circulates in the body

Examples of blood vessel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The brain’s surface has ridges and valleys, and CTE tangles are found in the depths of those valleys, called the cortical sulci, and surround blood vessels. — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026

Adult worms often go undetected in blood vessels, producing no noticeable symptoms, allowing the infection to become chronic. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

In severe dengue, tiny blood vessels throughout the body start leaking fluid, blood pressure can crash and dangerous bleeding or organ damage can follow. — Andrés Henao, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

What a full-body scan can actually find A whole-body MRI or ultrasound can pick up benign and cancerous tumors, abnormalities in bone marrow or lymph nodes and irregularities in major blood vessels. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1655, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blood vessel

• subsessile
• cresol
• decile
• nestle
• pestle
• sessile
• trestle
• wessel
• wrestle

Kids Definition

blood vessel

noun

: a vessel (as an artery or vein) in which blood circulates in the body of an animal

Medical Definition

blood vessel

noun

: any of the vessels through which blood circulates in the body