blood vessel

NOUN

blood flow pathway

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artery capillary vein

WEAK

arteriole metarteriole venule

Example Sentences

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It found the death rate increased among patients who had severe heart attacks, which refers to when a blood vessel that feeds the heart is completely blocked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Hemorrhagic strokes happen when a blood vessel ruptures and causes bleeding in the brain.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

This happens when a nearby blood vessel presses on part of the nerve inside the skull.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

It happens when a nerve is strangled by a blood vessel in the face, with it often misdiagnosed as toothache, and attacks caused by something as simple as a gust of wind.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Even if the doctors had known about its damage, surgery to fix a blood vessel or remove a bullet deep in the body wasn't possible in 1881.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow