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BLOOD-VESSEL

\blˈʌdvˈɛsə͡l], \blˈʌdvˈɛsə‍l], \b_l_ˈʌ_d_v_ˈɛ_s_əl]\

Definitions of BLOOD-VESSEL

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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An artery, vein, or sinus.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

n. Any vessel in which blood circulates in an animal body; an artery or a vein.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Any vessel in which the blood circulates in an animal; a vein, an artery.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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