blood vessel

See also: bloodvessel

English

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

blood vessel (plural blood vessels)

(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)
Hindi: रक्त वाहिका f (rakt vāhikā), धमनी (hi) f (dhamnī, literally “artery”), शिरा (hi) m (śirā, literally “vein”)
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: ເສັ້ນເລືອດ (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)