bloodstream
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bloodstream
Example Sentences
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It recorded levels of tiny particulates capable of penetrating the bloodstream and lungs, known as PM2.5, at 288 micrograms per cubic metre, vastly exceeding the World Health Organization's recommended average annual exposure of five micrograms.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
When visceral fat becomes excessive, it can release inflammatory substances into the bloodstream that affect metabolism throughout the body.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
She remained alive after two doses of the lethal sedative pentobarbital, which may have entered her arm tissue instead of her bloodstream.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
The other forms of plague are bubonic, which infects the lymph nodes, and septicemic, which is transmitted in the bloodstream and is also very deadly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Not too many people believe that since aspirin cures headaches, lack of aspirin in the bloodstream must cause them.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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