English > blood vessel: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | A vessel in which blood circulates. |
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| Part of | circulatory system, cardiovascular system | The organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body |
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| Narrower | artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel | A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body |
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| capillary, capillary vessel | Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules |
| ductus arteriosus | A blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta |
| vasa vasorum | Any small blood vessel ramifying on the outside of a major artery or vein |
| vein, vena, venous blood vessel | A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart |
| Broader | vessel, vas | A tube in which a body fluid circulates |
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| Spanish | vaso sanguíneo |
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| Catalan | vasos sanguinis, vas sanguini |
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| Adjectives | cardiovascular | of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels |
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| cerebrovascular | of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it |
| hemal, haemal, hematal, haematal | relating to the blood vessels or blood |
