blood - Definition | Dictionary definition of blood

Definition of blood

the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets

"blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"

"the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"

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blood found in arteries; blood group, blood type
human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens; A, group A, type A
the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen; B, group B, type B
the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen; AB, group AB, type AB
the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens; O, group O, type O
the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens; Rh positive, Rh-positive blood type
the blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen); Rh negative, Rh-negative blood, Rh-negative blood type
the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen); gore
coagulated blood from a wound; lifeblood
the blood considered as the seat of vitality; blood stream, bloodstream
the blood flowing through the circulatory system; blood clot, grume
a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells; cord blood
blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth; menorrhea, menstrual blood, menstrual flow
flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years; venous blood
blood found in the veins; whole blood
blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant

Type of:: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance
the liquid parts of the body

temperament or disposition

"a person of hot blood"

a dissolute man in fashionable society

Type of:: debauchee, libertine, rounder
a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

the descendants of one individual

Synonyms:: ancestry, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
people descended from a common ancestor; people
members of a family line; homefolk
the people of your home locality (especially your own family); house
aristocratic family line; dynasty
a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family; gens, name
family based on male descent; side
a family line of descent