Phrase guide

blood flow

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system; bloodstream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تدفق الدم (tadafuq aldam) — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血流 (xuèliú) — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血液循環 /血液循环 (xuèyè xúnhuán) — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Dutch: doorbloeding — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Dutch: bloedstroom — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Finnish: verenkierto — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • French: flux sanguin — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • French: débit sanguin — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • German: Blutfluss — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Hindi: खून का दौरा (khoon ka daura) — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Hungarian: vérkeringés — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Italian: flusso sanguigno — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Japanese: 血流 (ketsuryuu) — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Korean: 혈류 (hyeollyu) — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Macedonian: кр́воток (kŕvotok) — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blodtilførsel — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blodstrøm — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blodtilførsel — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Polish: przepływ krwi — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Portuguese: fluxo sanguíneo — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Russian: кровото́к (krovotók) — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Slovak: prietok krvi — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Spanish: flujo sanguíneo — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Swedish: blodflöde — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Turkish: kan dolaşımı — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Ukrainian: кровоті́к (krovotík) — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system
  • Vietnamese: lưu lượng máu — continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system