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BLOOD VESSEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vessel in which blood circulates
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blood vessel" is a kind of...):
vas; vessel (a tube in which a body fluid circulates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood vessel"):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
ductus arteriosus (a blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta; normally closes at birth)
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)
capillary; capillary vessel (any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules)
Holonyms ("blood vessel" is a part of...):
cardiovascular system; circulatory system (the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body)
Context examples:
Tiny human blood vessels — known as capillaries- had developed inside the mice which nourished the new kidney structures.
(Scientists Create Functioning Kidney Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Almotriptan selectively binds to and activates serotonin 5-HT 1B and 1D receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby causing cerebral blood vessel constriction.
(Almotriptan Malate, NCI Thesaurus)
Almotriptan selectively binds to and activates serotonin 5-HT 1B and 1D receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby causing extracerebral, intracranial blood vessel constriction.
(Almotriptan, NCI Thesaurus)
A substance that relaxes muscle tissue in blood vessels and in the prostate gland, which improves the flow of urine and blood.
(Alpha-adrenergic antagonist, NCI Dictionary)
It can cause the growth of new blood vessels that help the tumor grow and spread.
(Alveolar soft part sarcoma, NCI Dictionary)
The reaction may include itchy skin, edema, collapsed blood vessels, fainting, difficulty in breathing, and death.
(Anaphylactic shock, NCI Dictionary)
Removing the copper may prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow and may kill cancer cells.
(Ammonium tetrathiomolybdate, NCI Dictionary)
Local occlusion of selected blood vessels in conjunction with intrahepatic chemotherapy administration, results in elevated intracellular hepatocyte drug concentrations and enhances localized cytotoxicity against hepatic tumor lesions.
(Amilomer, NCI Thesaurus)
People with metabolic syndrome X are at increased risk of diabetes mellitus and diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
(metabolic syndrome X, NCI Dictionary)
Microspheres injected into blood vessels that feed a tumor may kill the tumor by blocking its blood supply.
(Microsphere, NCI Dictionary)
