blood vessels

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1. The flexible tubular canals through which blood circulates in the body. Arteries, veins, and capillaries are all kinds of blood vessels. (See circulatory system.)

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Example Sentences

Many of these molecules are known to reduce inflammation, support healthy blood vessels, and improve metabolism.

From Science Daily

They would be worn for limited, prescribed periods during and following chemotherapy to provide compression to blood vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal

In November, the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug for use in patients with macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, a condition where leaky blood vessels in the eye cause swelling.

From Barron's

Inside the brain, blood vessels are surrounded by small channels called perivascular spaces.

From Science Daily

It was a demanding sequence — you popped your blood vessels.

From Los Angeles Times