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Blood flow to your brain decreases in extreme heat as breathing speeds up and blood vessels constrict inside your neck and skull.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 29 July 2024
The blood vessels may also spontaneously start bleeding as the tumor grows larger and cells break off, Zuri Murrell, MD, a colorectal surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Cancer in Los Angeles, told Health.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 26 July 2024
Dilating the blood vessels close to the skin is one of the body’s cooling mechanisms, so heat can build up when this is not an option.
—Timmy Broderick, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
Amyloid plaques can damage blood vessels, seen in red, that ordinarily provide a barrier to harmful substances entering and exiting the brain.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1655, in the meaning defined above
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“Blood vessel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20vessel. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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
More from Merriam-Webster on blood vessel
Nglish: Translation of blood vessel for Spanish Speakers
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