BLOOD VESSEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood vessel mean? 

• BLOOD VESSEL (noun)
  The noun BLOOD VESSEL has 1 sense:

1. a vessel in which blood circulates

  Familiarity information: BLOOD VESSEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD VESSEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vessel in which blood circulates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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 

A substance that may prevent the formation of blood vessels.

(Angiogenesis inhibitor, NCI Dictionary)

An agent or endogenous substance that inhibits the formation of capillaries from existing blood vessels.

(Angiogenesis inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Tumor angiogenesis is the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow.

(Angiogenesis, NCI Dictionary)

It can block blood vessels in the brain and lead to stroke and brain damage.

(Meningitis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Refers to cells that develop into connective tissue, blood vessels, and lymphatic tissue.

(Mesenchymal, NCI Dictionary)

People with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of diabetes mellitus and diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

(Metabolic Syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

MET tyrosine kinase inhibitor PF-02341066 may also prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow.

(MET tyrosine kinase inhibitor PF-02341066, NCI Dictionary)

Develops into connective tissue, blood vessels, and lymphatic tissue.

(Mesenchyme, NCI Thesaurus)

Angiocept may prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow and may kill cancer cells.

(Angiocept, NCI Dictionary)

Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to other parts of the body.

(Aneurysms, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)