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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

血液供給

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ketsueki kyōkyū

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Blood supply/ˈblʌd səˌplaɪ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"心臓への血液供給が途絶えると致命的です。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The provision of blood by the circulatory system to a particular organ, tissue, or body part.

    "A healthy blood supply is critical for the proper healing of fractured bones."
  2. 2

    The stored stock of blood available for transfusions in medical facilities.

    "The local hospital issued an urgent appeal to replenish the regional blood supply."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'blōd' (from Proto-Germanic *blōdą) combined with 'supply', which stems from Latin 'supplere' meaning to fill up or complete. The compound noun formalized in medical and physiological contexts during the 19th century to describe the circulation of blood to anatomical structures.

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