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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A vessel with two portions unequally exposed to heat, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system. not-comparable

   "circulatory diseases"

2. 2
   Circular; going round. not-comparable

   "a circulatory letter"

Adjective

1. 1
   relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood wordnet
2. 2
   of or relating to circulation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

circulativecirculative

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From French circulatoire, from Latin circulatorius.

Related phrases

circulatory shockcirculatory systemcirculatory system

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