blood vessel
blood vessel noun: a component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.
Noun
blood vessel (plural blood vessels)
- A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.
- As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist
- Synonyms:
- edder
blood vessel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
blood vessel in Hindi
- component of the circulatory system that carries blood
- रक्त वाहिका rakt vāhikā, धमनी dhamnī, शिरा śirā
blood vessel in Tamil
- இரத்தக் குழல், இரத்த நாளம், இரத்தக் குழாய், குருதிக் குழல், குருதிக் கலன்
blood vessel in Marathi
- component of the circulatory system that carries blood
- रक्तवाहिनी raktavāhinī
blood vessel in Urdu
- blood vessel
- عرق 'irq
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- blood vessel in Telugu
- రక్తనాళము raktanāḷamu
- blood vessel in Malayalam
- രക്തക്കുഴൽ raktakkuḻal
- blood vessel in Kannada
- ರಕ್ತನಾಳ
- blood vessel in Punjabi
- رگ rag, ਰਗ rag, ناڑ nāṛ
- blood vessel in Gujarati
- રક્તવાહિની raktavāhinī
- blood vessel in Sanskrit
- नाडी nāḍī́
- blood vessel in Tagalog
- daluyang-dugo, ugat
- blood vessel in Arabic
- وِعَاء دَمَوِيّ wiʕāʔ damawiyy
- blood vessel in Malay
- pembuluh darah
- blood vessel in Indonesian
- pembuluh darah
- blood vessel in Persian
- رگ خونی rag-e xuni, رگ rag
- blood vessel in Thai
- หลอดเลือด lɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat, เส้นเลือด sên-lʉ̂ʉat
- blood vessel in Vietnamese
- huyết quản, mạch máu
Synonyms of blood vessel
Forms of blood vessel
| plural | blood vessels |
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Words formed from blood vessel
Questions about blood vessel
- What does blood vessel mean?
- Blood vessel means a component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.
- What is blood vessel in Hindi?
- Blood vessel in Hindi is रक्त वाहिका (rakt vāhikā), धमनी (dhamnī), शिरा (śirā). See Blood vessel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blood vessel?
- Blood vessel is a noun.
- What is the plural of blood vessel?
- The plural of blood vessel is blood vessels.
Words near blood vessel in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: blood vessel (page history and authors); blood vessel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); عرق (Urdu) (page history and authors); blood vessel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); رگ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); नाडी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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