blood vessel
noun/ˈblʌd vesl/
/ˈblʌd vesl/
- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- major
- broken
- burst
- …
- block
- constrict
- dilate
- …
- carry something
- supply something
- burst
- …
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