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bloodstream

 
 
/ˈblʌdstriːm/ noun [no plural]

Definition

the flow of blood around your body: The dead driver had very high levels of alcohol in his bloodstream.
(Definition of bloodstream noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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