When used in the context of exercising When you exercising, your heart is pumping large amount of blood to the working muscles. This blood is carrying both oxygen and nutrients to the muscles and then returns to the heart for oxygen. However, when the exercise stops, so does the force that pushes the blood back to the heart. If you don't cool down lactic acid stays in the muscles, which in turn causes swelling and pain. This is known as 'blood pooling" Cooling down keeps the blood circulating, which in turn helps to prevent blood pooling and also removes waste products from the muscles.
Bilirubinemia is the medical term meaning bilirubin in the blood. Hyperbilirubinemia is the medical term meaning excess levels of bilirubin in the blood.
Dialysis is the medical term meaning artificial cleansing of the blood.
Lipidemia is the medical term meaning lipids in the blood. Hyperlipidemia is the medical term meaning abnormally high lipids in the blood.
Phlebitis is the medical term meaning inflammation of a blood vessel. (Thrombophlebitis is the medical term meaning inflammation of a blood vessel with a clot.)
Gross hematuria is the medical term meaning visible blood in the urine. Cystorrhagia is the medical term meaning hemorrhage from the urinary bladder.
A hemangioma is the medical term meaning tumor of blood vessels.
Avascular is the medical term meaning without blood vessels.
Hypertensive is the medical term meaning pertaining to hypertension, or high blood pressure.
The medical term for a blood pressure cuff is a sphygmomanometer.
Epistaxis is the medical term meaning nose blood.
Neoplasm is the medical term meaning tumor; a neoplasm can be malignant (cancerous) or benign.
Extraoral is the medical term meaning outside the mouth.