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Definition of "bloodstream"

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Redirected from Bloodstream) ... The circulatory system is an organ system that moves nutrients, gases, and wastes to ... (More)

Blood is a specialized bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body's cells — such as nutrients and oxygen — and transports waste products away from those same ... (More)

Bacteremia (Bacteræmia in British English) is the presence of bacteria in the blood. The blood is normally a sterile environment, so the detection of bacteria in the blood (most ... (More)

Viremia (UK: viraemia) is a medical condition where viruses enter the bloodstream and hence have access to the rest of the body. It is similar to bacteremia, a condition where ... (More)

As nicotine enters the body, it is distributed quickly through the bloodstream and can cross the blood-brain barrier. On average it takes about seven seconds for the substance to ... (More)

Baker's yeast is the common name for the strains of yeast commonly used as a leavening agent in baking bread and related products, where it converts the fermentable sugars present ... (More)

Monocytes eventually leave the bloodstream to become tissue macrophages which remove dead cell debris as well as attacking microrganisms. Neither of these can be dealt with ... (More)

Lipolysis is the breakdown of fat stored in fat cells. During this process, free fatty acids are released into the bloodstream and circulate throughout the body. Ketones are ... (More)

Bacteremia is the presence of viable bacteria in the bloodstream. Likewise, the terms viremia and fungemia simply refer to viruses and fungi in the bloodstream. (More)

A disseminated infection, for example, is one that has extended beyond its origin or nidus and involved the bloodstream to "seed" other areas of the body. (More)

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