blood : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O
  ABO group; ABO system.
  

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• noun blood found in arteries
  
  • except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen

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• blood which has been changed and vitalized (arterialized) during passage through the lungs.

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• noun measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases
  

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• noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
  artery; arteria.
  

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• noun a liquid that can carry large amounts of oxygen and can serve as a temporary substitute for blood
  

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• noun a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  animosity; animus.
  

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• noun a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient
  

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• noun a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma
  
  • the Red Cross created a blood bank for emergencies

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• (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism.

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• noun bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas
  rougeberry; bloodberry; rouge plant; Rivina humilis.
  

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• noun blister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by an injury
  

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• a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury.

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• noun a male with the same parents as someone else
  brother.
  
  • my brother still lives with our parents
• noun a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother
  

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• brother by blood or birth.

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• noun the friendship characteristic of blood brothers
  

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• noun either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
  blood cell; corpuscle.
  

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• noun red-blooded clam
  

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• (Zoöl.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. Argina pexata of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh.

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• noun a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells
  grume.
  

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• noun a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)
  blood clotting.
  

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• noun a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)
  blood clotting.
  

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• noun either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
  blood cell; corpuscle.
  

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• . See Corpuscle.

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• noun the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
  
• noun the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
  

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• (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the hæmoglobin of the red blood corpuscles; hæmatocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals.

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• noun a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp
  Peziza coccinea; fairy cup.
  

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• noun a cyst containing blood
  hematocyst; hemorrhagic cyst.
  

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• noun a disease or disorder of the blood
  blood disease.
  

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• noun a disease or disorder of the blood
  blood disease.
  

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• noun someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions
  

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• noun any abnormal condition of the blood
  

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• noun the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions
  

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• noun a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other
  vendetta.
  

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• noun tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
  swallowwort; Asclepias curassavica.
  

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• noun flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
  schistosome.
  

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• noun glucose in the bloodstream
  blood glucose.
  

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• noun human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens
  blood group.
  

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• noun temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
  body temperature.
  

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• heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98½ ° Fahr.

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• a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock.

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• noun (anthropology) related by blood
  cognation; consanguinity.
  

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• noun a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times
  barrel knot.
  

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• noun any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia
  

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• noun the descendants of one individual
  lineage; pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; ancestry; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin.
  
  • his entire lineage has been warriors

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• noun the dried and powdered blood of animals
  

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• noun compensation paid to the family of a murdered person
  
• noun a reward for information about a murderer
  
• noun paid to a hired murderer
  

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• an orange with dark red pulp.

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• noun the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
  plasm; plasma.
  

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• noun tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
  platelet; thrombocyte.
  

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• noun invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
  septicaemia; septicemia.
  

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• (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; toxæmia.

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• noun the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the heart; sometimes measured for a quick evaluation of a person's health
  
  • adult blood pressure is considered normal at 120/80 where the first number is the systolic pressure and the second is the diastolic pressure

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• noun counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
  CBC; blood profile.
  

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• noun a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients
  black pudding; blood pudding.
  

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• a pudding made of blood and other materials.

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• noun one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
  cognate; blood relation; sib.
  

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• one connected by blood or descent.

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• noun one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
  cognate; blood relation; sib.
  

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• noun a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients
  black pudding; blood pudding.
  

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• noun an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
  serum.
  

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• noun spavin caused by distension of the veins
  

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• . See under Spavin.

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• noun sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)
  

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• noun the blood flowing through the circulatory system
  bloodstream.
  

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• noun glucose in the bloodstream
  blood glucose.
  

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• noun a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  

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• noun the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery
  transfusion.
  

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• noun human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens
  blood group.
  

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• noun determining a person's blood type by serological methods
  

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• noun a vessel in which blood circulates
  

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• adjective satellite marked by great zeal or violence
  
  • real blood-and-guts fiction
  • blood-and-guts football

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Blood"-bol`tered adjective

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1. Having the hair matted with clotted blood. Obs. & R.

   The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me. Shak.

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• noun a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood; serves to protect the central nervous system
  
  • the brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier

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• adjective satellite containing blood
  
  • the blood-filled centers of arteries and veins

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• noun functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation
  BOLD FMRI.
  

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• adjective satellite of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
  reddish; scarlet; cherry; crimson; cerise; cherry-red; carmine; ruby-red; ruby; red; ruddy.
  

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• adjective satellite related by blood
  cognate; consanguine; kin; akin; consanguineal; consanguineous.
  

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Blood"-shot`ten adjective

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1. Bloodshot. Obs.

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• noun European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
  common European dogwood; pedwood; red dogwood; Cornus sanguinea.
  

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• noun a member of the aristocracy
  aristocrat; patrician.
  

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• the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover , has in it a tinge of blue; hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family.

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• adjective satellite belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
  blue; patrician; gentle; aristocratic; aristocratical.
  
  • an aristocratic family
  • aristocratic Bostonians
  • aristocratic government
  • a blue family
  • blue blood
  • the blue-blooded aristocracy
  • of gentle blood
  • patrician landholders of the American South
  • aristocratic bearing
  • aristocratic features
  • patrician tastes

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• noun malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
  leucaemia; leukemia; leukaemia.
  

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• . See under Blood, n., 8.

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• adjective satellite without compunction or human feeling
  cold; inhuman; insensate.
  
  • in cold blood
  • cold-blooded killing
  • insensate destruction
• adjective having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)
  

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Cold"-blood`ed adjective

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1. Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.
2. Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
3. Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.

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• noun counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
  CBC; blood profile.
  

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• noun blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth
  

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• (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others.

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• noun counting the number of specific types of white blood cells found in 1 cubic millimeter of blood; may be included as part of a complete blood count
  

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• noun a dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengraving
  

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• a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of Calamus, esp. from C. Rotang and C. Draco, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from Dracæna Draco; also from Pterocarpus Draco, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also Cinnabar Græcorum.

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• . (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature.

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• noun descent from parents both of one pure breed
  

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• adjective satellite of unmixed ancestry
  full-blood; blooded.
  
  • full-blooded Native American
  • blooded Jersies

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• adjective satellite of unmixed ancestry
  full-blood; blooded.
  
  • full-blooded Native American
  • blooded Jersies
• adjective satellite endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
  lusty; hearty; full-blooded.
  
  • a hearty glow of health

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Full"-blood`ed adjective

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1. Having a full supply of blood.
2. Of pure blood; thoroughbred; as, a full-blooded horse.

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• noun one of siblings who have only one parent in common
  

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• (Law), relationship through only one parent.

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• adjective satellite (of animals) having only one purebred parent
  half-breed; half-bred.
  

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Half"-blood`ed adjective

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1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.
2. Degenerate; mean.

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• noun a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)
  hypertension.
  

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• adjective satellite prone to emotion
  
  • hot-blooded Latin-Americans

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Hot"-blood`ed adjective

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1. Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.

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• enmity; resentment.

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• (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. Shak.

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• adverb in a cold unemotional manner
  coldly.
  
  • he killed her in cold blood

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• without excitement or passion; deliberately.

  He was slain in cold blood after thefight was over. Sir W. Scott.

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• blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance.

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• noun flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years
  menstrual flow; menorrhea.
  

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• noun a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races
  

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• the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal.

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• . See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness.

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• noun a blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate specific antigen that is manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; men with prostate problems usually have elevated levels of PSA
  

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• noun a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
  RBC; erythrocyte.
  

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• (Physiol.), in man, yellowish, biconcave, circular discs varying from ¹⁄₃₅₀₀ to ¹⁄₃₂₀₀ of an inch in diameter and about ¹⁄₁₂₄₀₀ of an inch thick. They are composed of a colorless stroma filled in with semifluid hæmoglobin and other matters. In most mammals the red corpuscles are circular, but in the camels, birds, reptiles, and the lower vertebrates generally, they are oval, and sometimes more or less spherical in form. In Amphioxus, and most invertebrates, the blood corpuscles are all white or colorless.

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• adjective satellite endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
  lusty; hearty; full-blooded.
  
  • a hearty glow of health

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• noun the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
  Rh-negative blood; Rh negative.
  

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• noun the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
  Rh-negative blood; Rh negative.
  

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• noun the blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
  Rh positive.
  

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• verb kill violently
  
  • They will never stop shedding the blood of their enemies
• verb lose blood from one's body
  hemorrhage; bleed.
  

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• to cause blood to flow; to bleed.

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• noun blood found in the veins
  
  • except in the pulmonary vein venous blood is rich in carbon dioxide and poor in oxygen

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• noun (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal
  venation.
  

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• noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
  vena; vein.
  
  • all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood

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• adjective having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated)
  

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Warm"-blood`ed adjective

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1. (Physiol.) Having warm blood; -- applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal.

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• noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
  white blood corpuscle; leukocyte; white blood cell; white cell; WBC; white corpuscle; leucocyte.
  

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• . (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.

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• noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
  white blood corpuscle; leukocyte; white blood cell; white cell; WBC; white corpuscle; leucocyte.
  

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• noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
  white blood corpuscle; leukocyte; white blood cell; white cell; WBC; white corpuscle; leucocyte.
  

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• (Physiol.), rounded, slightly flattened, nucleated cells, mainly protoplasmic in composition, and possessed of contractile power. In man, the average size is about ¹⁄₂₅₀₀ of an inch, and they are present in blood in much smaller numbers than the red corpuscles.

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• (Med.), leucocythæmia.

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• noun blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant
  
  • whole blood is normally used in blood transfusions

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• relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood.

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• (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females.

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