Disability insurance pays you a partial amount of your regular wages if you become disabled and are unable to work. Monthly benefits usually last for a specific number of years or until you turn age 65. As a rule, benefits stop once you reach your retirement age under Social Security.
1. blood vessel-a vessel in which blood circulates. arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery-a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body. vas, vessel-a tube in which a body fluid circulates.
Medical Definition of blood. 1  1: the fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins of a vertebrate animal carrying nourishment and oxygen to and bringing away waste products from all parts of the body. 2  2: a fluid of an invertebrate comparable to blood.