Phrase guide

blood vessel

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a vessel in which blood circulates

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vessel, vas

Narrower terms: artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel, ductus arteriosus, vasa vasorum, vein, vena, venous blood vessel, capillary, capillary vessel

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Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ainu: ケモリッ (kemorit) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Ainu: ケㇺリッ (kemrit) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Albanian: enë gjaku — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Arabic: وِعَاء دَمَوِيّ (wiʕāʔ damawiyy) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Armenian: արյունատար անոթ (aryunatar anotʻ) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Azerbaijani: qan damarı — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Belarusian: крывяно́сная пасу́дзіна (kryvjanósnaja pasúdzina) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Belarusian: крывяно́сны сасу́д (kryvjanósny sasúd) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Belarusian: крывяно́сная су́дзіна (kryvjanósnaja súdzina) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Bulgarian: кръвоно́сен съд (krǎvonósen sǎd) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Catalan: vas sanguini — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Cherokee: ᏩᏚᎾ (waduna) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Chichewa: mtsempha — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Chinese Cantonese: 血管 (hyut3 gun2) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血管 (xuèguǎn) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Czech: krevní céva — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Czech: céva — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Danish: blodåre — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Dutch: bloedvat — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Dutch: ader — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Esperanto: sanga vaskulo — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Estonian: veresoon — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Farefare: zɩɩm sore — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Finnish: verisuoni — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • French: vaisseau sanguin — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Georgian: სისხლძარღვი (sisxlʒarɣvi) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • German: Ader — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • German: Blutgefäß — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Greek: αιμοφόρο αγγείο (aimofóro angeío) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Ancient Greek: φλέψ (phléps) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Gujarati: રક્તવાહિની (raktavāhinī) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Hebrew: כְּלִי־דָּם (k'lí-dám) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Hindi: रक्त वाहिका (rakt vāhikā) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Hindi: धमनी (dhamnī) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Hindi: शिरा (śirā) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Hungarian: véredény — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Hungarian: ér — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Icelandic: æð — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Ido: vaskulo — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Indonesian: pembuluh darah — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Irish: fuileadán — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Irish: soitheach fola — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Italian: vaso sanguigno — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Japanese: 血管 (kekkan) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Kapampangan: uyat — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Kazakh: қан тамыр (qan tamyr) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Khmer: ស្នាយុ (snaayu’) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Khmer: សរសៃ (sɑɑ say) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Khmer: នហារុ (nea’haaru’) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Korean: 혈관 (hyeolgwan) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Central Kurdish: دەمار (demar) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Northern Kurdish: lûleya xwînê — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Kyrgyz: кан тамыр (kan tamır) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Lao: ເສັ້ນເລືອດ (sen lư̄at) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Latin: vēna — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Latvian: asinsvads — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Lithuanian: kraujagyslė — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Macedonian: крвен сад (krven sad) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Malay: pembuluh darah — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Malayalam: രക്തക്കുഴൽ (raktakkuḻal) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Manx: fuilleydane — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Māori: uaua — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Māori: ia toto — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Marathi: रक्तवाहिनी (raktavāhinī) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Mongolian: судас — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Moore: zɩ-sore — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Navajo: atsʼoos — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blodåre — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blodkar — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blodår — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blodåre — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blodkar — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Old English: ǣdre — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Pali: sirā — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Persian: رگ خونی (rag-e xuni) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Persian: رگ (rag) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Plautdietsch: Oda — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Polish: naczynie krwionośne — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Portuguese: vaso sanguíneo — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Romanian: vas sanguin — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Romanian: vas de sânge — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Romanian: venă — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Russian: кровено́сный сосу́д (krovenósnyj sosúd) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Serbo-Croatian: крвни суд — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Serbo-Croatian: крвна жила — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Serbo-Croatian: krvni sud — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Serbo-Croatian: krvna žila — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Slovak: krvná cieva — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Slovak: cieva — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Slovene: krvna žila — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Spanish: vaso sanguíneo — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Swedish: blodkärl — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Swedish: blodådra — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Swedish: ådra — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Tagalog: daluyang-dugo — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Tagalog: ugat — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Tahitian: uaua — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Tarifit: aẓwar — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Telugu: రక్తనాళము (raktanāḷamu) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Thai: หลอดเลือด (lɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Thai: เส้นเลือด (sên-lʉ̂ʉat) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Tok Pisin: mambu bilong blut — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Turkish: kan damarı — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Turkish: damar — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Ukrainian: кровоно́сна суди́на (krovonósna sudýna) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Uzbek: qon tomiri — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Vietnamese: huyết quản — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Vietnamese: mạch máu — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Volapük: bludafesül — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Volapük: fesül — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Welsh: pibell waed — component of the circulatory system that carries blood
  • Yiddish: אָדער (oder) — component of the circulatory system that carries blood