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Definition of bloodstream noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bloodstream

noun
 
/ˈblʌdstriːm/
 
/ˈblʌdstriːm/
[singular]
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  1. the blood flowing through the body
    • They injected the drug directly into her bloodstream.
    Extra Examples
    • Red blood cells transport oxygen through the bloodstream.
    • The drug is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream.
    • Traces of banned substances were detected in his bloodstream.
    Topics Bodyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + bloodstream
    • enter
    • absorb something into
    preposition
    • in somebody’s/​the bloodstream
    • into somebody’s/​the bloodstream
    • through somebody’s/​the bloodstream
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