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bloodstream

[ bluhd-streem ]

noun

  1. the blood flowing through a circulatory system.


bloodstream

/ ˈblʌdˌstriːm /

noun

  1. the flow of blood through the vessels of a living body


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bloodstream1

First recorded in 1870–75; blood + stream

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Example Sentences

Women also make less of an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase, which breaks down alcohol before it hits the bloodstream.

Our epic finale this season could take place within the bloodstream of a nuclear scientist.

Infections can strike joints, airways, the lungs, the brain and the tissues lining the spinal cord, or the bloodstream.

In contrast, the actual chicken pox virus long ago exited my bloodstream and is not detectable.

But methadone hits the bloodstream within a half-hour of oral ingestion.

Take several long, deep breaths, oxygenate the bloodstream, then fill the lungs once and slide down under the surface.

A lipoid suspension to release it slowly into the bloodstream and give the irritation time to subside.

These are the lymphatic vessels, and they are found to be returning a fluid from the tissues to the bloodstream.

For an instant, dread flowed through Naomi as if in her bloodstream and something was cutting off her breath.

Despite the happy-juice in my bloodstream, a streak of uncastmemberly crankiness was shot through my mood.

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