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bloodstream

[ bluhd-streem ]

/ ˈblʌdˌstrim /

noun

the blood flowing through a circulatory system.

Origin of bloodstream

First recorded in 1870–75; blood + stream

Words nearby bloodstream

bloodstain, bloodstained, bloodstock, bloodstock industry, bloodstone, bloodstream, bloodsucker, bloodthirsty, bloodwood, bloodworm, bloodwort

Example sentences from the Web for bloodstream

Women also make less of an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase, which breaks down alcohol before it hits the bloodstream.

Elizabeth Peña and the Truth About Alcoholic Women |Gabrielle Glaser |October 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Our epic finale this season could take place within the bloodstream of a nuclear scientist.

'Archer Creator Adam Reed on 'Vice,' Season 6's 'Unreboot,' and New Characters |Marlow Stern |August 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Infections can strike joints, airways, the lungs, the brain and the tissues lining the spinal cord, or the bloodstream.

Thanks to Anti-Vaxxers, Mumps Are Back. What’s Next? |Russell Saunders |March 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In contrast, the actual chicken pox virus long ago exited my bloodstream and is not detectable.

The ‘HIV-Cured Baby’ Distorts Hope |Kent Sepkowitz |March 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But methadone hits the bloodstream within a half-hour of oral ingestion.

The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis |Richard Ben Cramer |January 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
These are the lymphatic vessels, and they are found to be returning a fluid from the tissues to the bloodstream.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2 |Various
The powerful drug in the needle-pointed head of each tiny crystal went directly into the bloodstream of each target.

Anything You Can Do ... |Gordon Randall Garrett
For an instant, dread flowed through Naomi as if in her bloodstream and something was cutting off her breath.

Tree, Spare that Woodman |Dave Dryfoos
He depressed the piston, pumping the antidote into her bloodstream.

Vigorish |Gordon Randall Garrett
Thus for example, excessive muscular effort throws into the bloodstream fatigue products that are poisonous.

Valere Aude |Louis Dechmann

British Dictionary definitions for bloodstream

bloodstream

/ (ˈblʌdˌstriːm) /

noun

the flow of blood through the vessels of a living body

Medical definitions for bloodstream

bloodstream

[ blŭd′strēm′ ]

n.

The flow of blood through the circulatory system of an organism.