What the heart pumps (5)

I believe the answer is:

blood

(Other definitions for blood that I've seen before include "Sanguineous fluid" , "Recorded and respected ancestry" , "Circulating red liquid" , "Descent, lineage" , "Oxygen carrier" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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