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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That’s bad news, as microplastics—fragments of plastic measuring as small as 1 micrometer, or a millionth of a meter—can pass from the bloodstream into organs throughout the body and even into fetuses, potentially raising the risk of cancer, reproductive problems, and other ills.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 2 May 2024
Also, instead of injecting nanoparticles into the skin, muscle or directly into the tumor, as is commonly done for many therapeutic cancer vaccines, our mRNA nanoparticles are injected into the bloodstream.
—John Ligon, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
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“Bloodstream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodstream. Accessed 6 May. 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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