Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.

    circulatory diseases

    circulatory organs

    relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood

  2. (not comparable)Circular; going round.

    a circulatory letter

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Food is absorbed into the circulatory system.

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  2. The aorta is a critical part of the circulatory system.

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  3. The circulatory system consists of a short and a long circuit.

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  4. Modeled on the blood vessels that make up the human circulatory system, scientists have created a plastic material that repairs itself.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

From French circulatoire, from Latin circulatorius.

From French circulatoire, from Latin circulatorius.

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