blood vessel
Example Sentences
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In diseases such as breast or lung cancer, tumor cells enter blood vessels and travel through the bloodstream to distant organs.
From Science Daily
Hemorrhagic strokes happen when a blood vessel ruptures and causes bleeding in the brain.
From Science Daily
But the most likely answer is that particles of pollution are "wiggling their way through the lining of the blood vessels and lodging in various organs".
From BBC
Researchers at Caltech and USC have created a new medical imaging approach that quickly produces 3D color images showing both the physical structure of soft tissue and how blood vessels are working.
From Science Daily
It happens when a nerve is strangled by a blood vessel in the face, with it often misdiagnosed as toothache, and attacks caused by something as simple as a gust of wind.
From BBC
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