blood vessel

NOUN

blood flow pathway

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artery capillary vein

WEAK

arteriole metarteriole venule

Example Sentences

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Their focus was on signals related to blood vessel stability and repair.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

When bones are damaged, the body increases blood vessel activity in the affected area to support healing.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

Additional experiments in mice and human melanoma cell lines confirmed that this protein drives both blood vessel growth and immune system evasion.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

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

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