bloodstream
noun/ˈblʌdstriːm/
Frequency rank: #11,023 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the blood circulating through the body's blood vessels.
Example sentence
The medicine quickly entered her bloodstream and began to take effect.
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