TOP

Definition of blood vessel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

blood vessel

noun
 
/ˈblʌd vesl/
 
/ˈblʌd vesl/
jump to other results
  1. any of the tubes through which blood flows through the body
    • broken blood vessels
    • The knife had missed the major blood vessels.
    • blood vessels supplying nutrition to the skin
    see also artery, capillary, veinTopics Bodyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • major
    • broken
    • burst
    • …
    verb + blood vessel
    • block
    • constrict
    • dilate
    • …
    blood vessel + verb
    • carry something
    • supply something
    • burst
    • …
    See full entry
See blood vessel in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee blood vessel in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
Check pronunciation: blood vessel

Nearby words

trait
noun
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 5000
B2
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day