脑血管 (nǎo xuè guǎn) — cerebral blood vessel; blood vessel in the brain

Definition

noun

cerebral blood vesselblood vessel in the brain

Measure word · 根

Examples

脑血管。
Tā yīn wèi nǎo xuè guǎn pò liè zhù jìn le yī yuàn.
He was hospitalized because of a ruptured cerebral blood vessel.
脑血管。
Yī shēng jiàn yì tā zuò nǎo xuè guǎn jiǎn chá.
The doctor recommended he get a cerebral blood vessel examination.
脑血管。
Cháng qī gāo xuè yā huì sǔn hài nǎo xuè guǎn jiàn kāng.
Long-term high blood pressure can harm the health of cerebral blood vessels.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

脑nǎobrain

血管blood vessel

血xuèblood管guǎntube

偏正Modifier + head

A 管 for 血 in the 脑, a brain blood vessel.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 腦; 脑 is its simplified writing.

匕匕bǐ
巛巛chuānhair
囟囟xìnhead; fontanel

In the traditional form 腦, the older part 匕 was replaced by a flesh part, while 巛 (hair) and 囟 (head; fontanel) stayed. The simplified 脑 is a later abbreviation.

Open 脑 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.