blood vessel

noun

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

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Diet and lifestyle choices can help lower your risk of heart disease by improving healthy blood lipid (fat) levels, blood pressure, and blood vessel function. Jillian Kubala, Health, 1 Oct. 2025 This includes an angiography machine, which provides ultra-high resolution views of blood vessels in the brain, as well as advanced surgical microscopes. Greg Myre, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025 Two days later, Zeek was home with his family again, fragments of the bullet still lodged in his shoulder between a block of nerves and main blood vessel. Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025 According to the Mayo Clinic, the disease is rare and debilitating and is caused by calcium accumulating in small blood vessels of the fat and skin tissues. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood vessel

Word History

First Known Use

1655, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blood vessel was in 1655

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“Blood vessel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20vessel. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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

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