BLOOD-VESSEL

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 3

n. BluSd've? e?]. Lat., vas sanguineum. Fr., vai eau sanguin. Ger., Blutgefä . It., vaso sanguigno. Sp.. vaso sanguineo. Any tubular structure (artery, vein, or capillary) the function of which is to carry blood. [C!]—Capillary b.-v. See CAPILLARY (n.).—Inner b.-v. See ENDANGEIUM.