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blood volume

British  

noun

  1. med the total quantity of blood in the body

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When you have a lower blood volume, your blood vessels don't expand as much as they normally would – ultimately lowering blood pressure.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2025

She was losing so much blood that she needed the equivalent of around three people's blood volume given back to her, says NHS Blood and Transplant.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2024

Two main techniques are used: imaging photoplethysmography, detecting blood volume changes, and periodic movement extraction, measuring heart and respiratory rates from body movements; both have been validated in nonhuman primates but have certain limitations.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2024

In microgravity, however, the blood volume above your neck will most likely still be too high, at least for a while.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2023

We know today that blood volume is about one-fifteenth to one-seventeenth the body weight of an adult.

From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby

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