blood volume

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noun

med the total quantity of blood in the body

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Words nearby blood volume

blood transfusion, blood type, blood typing, blood vessel, blood vessels, blood volume, bloodwood, blood work, bloodworm, bloodwort, bloody

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How to use blood volume in a sentence

We know today that blood volume is about one-fifteenth to one-seventeenth the body weight of an adult.
Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology|Audrey Davis
If blood loss is great (more than 10 percent of the total blood volume) there occurs a sudden, systemic fall in blood pressure.
Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology|Audrey Davis
A greater blood volume is therefore necessary in order that the organs may receive their quota of blood.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield