blood vessel

See also: bloodvessel

English

Noun

blood vessel (plural blood vessels)

1. (anatomy) A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.
   • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

     As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.

Synonyms

• edder

Derived terms

• burst a blood vessel

 

Translations

component of the circulatory system that carries blood

• Ainu: ケモリッ (kemorit), ケㇺリッ (kemrit)
• Albanian: enë gjaku
• Arabic: وِعَاء دَمَوِيّ m (wiʕāʔ damawiyy)
• Armenian: արյունատար անոթ (aryunatar anotʻ)
• Azerbaijani: qan damarı
• Belarusian: крывяно́сная пасу́дзіна f (kryvjanósnaja pasúdzina), крывяно́сны сасу́д m (kryvjanósny sasúd), крывяно́сная су́дзіна f (kryvjanósnaja súdzina)
• Bulgarian: кръвоно́сен съд m (krǎvonósen sǎd)
• Catalan: vas sanguini m
• Cherokee: ᏩᏚᎾ (waduna)
• Chichewa: mtsempha
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 血管 (hyut³ gun²)

  Mandarin: 血管 (zh) (xuèguǎn)

• Czech: krevní céva f, céva (cs) f
• Danish: blodåre (da) c
• Dutch: bloedvat (nl) n, ader (nl) f
• Esperanto: sanga vaskulo
• Estonian: veresoon (et)
• Farefare: zɩɩm sore
• Finnish: verisuoni (fi)
• French: vaisseau sanguin (fr) m
• Georgian: სისხლძარღვი (sisxlʒarɣvi)
• German: Ader (de) f, Blutgefäß (de) n
• Greek: αιμοφόρο αγγείο (el) n (aimofóro angeío)

  Ancient: φλέψ f (phléps)

• Gujarati: રક્તવાહિની (raktavāhinī)
• Hebrew: כְּלִי־דָּם (he) (k'lí-dám)
• Hungarian: véredény (hu), ér (hu)
• Icelandic: æð (is) f
• Ido: vaskulo (io)
• Indonesian: pembuluh darah (id)
• Irish: fuileadán m, soitheach fola m
• Italian: vaso sanguigno (it) m
• Japanese: 血管 (ja) (けっかん, kekkan)
• Kapampangan: uyat
• Kazakh: қан тамыр (qan tamyr)
• Khmer: ស្នាយុ (km) (snaayu’) (formal), សរសៃ (km) (sɑɑ say), នហារុ (km) (nea’haaru’)
• Korean: 혈관(血管) (ko) (hyeolgwan)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دەمار (demar)

  Northern Kurdish: lûleya xwînê

• Kyrgyz: кан тамыр (ky) (kan tamır)
• Lao: ເສັ້ນ​ເລືອດ (sen lư̄at)
• Latin: vēna f
• Latvian: asinsvads (lv) m
• Lithuanian: kraujagyslė f
• Macedonian: крвен сад m (krven sad)
• Malay: pembuluh darah
• Malayalam: രക്തക്കുഴൽ (ml) (raktakkuḻal)
• Manx: fuilleydane m
• Maori: uaua, ia toto
• Marathi: रक्तवाहिनी f (raktavāhinī)
• Mongolian: (цусны) судас ((cusny) sudas)
• Moore: zɩ-sore
• Navajo: atsʼoos
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blodåre (no) m or f, blodkar (no) n

  Nynorsk: blodår f, blodåre f, blodkar n

• Old English: ǣdre f
• Pali: sirā f
• Persian: رگ خونی (rag-e xuni), رگ (fa) (rag)
• Plautdietsch: Oda f
• Polish: naczynie krwionośne (pl) n
• Portuguese: vaso sanguíneo m
• Romanian: vas sanguin n, vas de sânge n, venă (ro) f
• Russian: кровено́сный сосу́д (ru) m (krovenósnyj sosúd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: крвни суд m, крвна жила f

  Roman: krvni sud m, krvna žila f

• Slovak: krvná cieva f, cieva f
• Slovene: krvna žila f
• Spanish: vaso sanguíneo (es) m
• Swedish: blodkärl (sv) n, blodådra c, ådra (sv) c
• Tagalog: daluyang-dugo, ugat (tl)
• Tahitian: uaua
• Tarifit: aẓwar m
• Telugu: రక్తనాళము (te) (raktanāḷamu)
• Thai: หลอดเลือด (lɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat) (big vessel), เส้นเลือด (sên-lʉ̂ʉat) (small vessel)
• Tok Pisin: mambu bilong blut
• Turkish: kan damarı (tr), damar (tr)
• Ukrainian: кровоно́сна суди́на f (krovonósna sudýna)
• Uzbek: qon tomiri
• Vietnamese: huyết quản (vi) (血管), mạch máu (vi)
• Volapük: bludafesül (vo), fesül (vo)
• Welsh: pibell waed (cy) f
• Yiddish: אָדער m (oder)

See also

• circulatory system