bloodstreams
Body's flowing highways
Bloodstreams is the plural of bloodstream, the flow of blood circulating through the body's vessels.
The word typically appears in medical or scientific contexts discussing how substances enter or travel through the circulatory system: The drug enters the bloodstreams of patients within minutes of injection.
The singular form is far more common, as most contexts concern one person's circulation at a time.
Movement through a system
- veinsBlood-return tubes
- arteriesTubes carrying oxygenated blood
- capillariesTiniest blood vessels
- plasmaElectrified matter state
oxygen · nutrients · cardiovascular · hemoglobin · platelets · heart · pulmonary · systemic
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- pathogensDisease-causing microorganisms
- intravenousInto the vein
injection · absorption · medication · antibiotics · bloodborne · contamination · transfusion · dialysis
circulation
Movement through a system
- veinsBlood-return tubes
- arteriesTubes carrying oxygenated blood
- capillariesTiniest blood vessels
plasma · oxygen · nutrients · cardiovascular · hemoglobin · platelets · heart · pulmonary · systemic · vessels
infection
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- pathogensDisease-causing microorganisms
intravenous · injection · absorption · medication · antibiotics · bloodborne · contamination · transfusion · dialysis · infusion
coursing
Moving swiftly through
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- pulsingBeating with rhythm
- life forceAnimating vital energy
vitality · energy · essence · surging · rushing · current · lifeblood · permeating · suffusing · running through