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Magnesium glycinate may help relieve migraine pain and reduce migraine frequency by relaxing blood vessels, reducing inflammation, and calming overactive nerve signals contributing to pain.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2025
These growths contain tissue and blood vessels that can be small or large enough to fill the uterine cavity.5
Fibroids are benign (non-cancerous) tumors that grow in the uterus.6 Fibroids can stimulate the growth of blood vessels in the uterus or cause the uterine lining to thicken.
—Jess Sims, Health, 26 Dec. 2024
There is less muscle and cartilage on their ventral side, which would allow the orcas easier access to important blood vessels like the aorta.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
Screaming for this many cameos could pop a blood vessel, or deny the brain oxygen, or possibly even a third bad thing.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1655, in the meaning defined above
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“Blood vessel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20vessel. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
blood vessel
noun
: a vessel (as an artery or vein) in which blood circulates in the body of an animal
Medical Definition
blood vessel
noun
: any of the vessels through which blood circulates in the body
More from Merriam-Webster on blood vessel
Nglish: Translation of blood vessel for Spanish Speakers
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about blood vessel
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