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circulatory

  • adjective
  • cir·cu·lat·o·ry
  • /ˈsɜːk(j)uːlətəɹi/

Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.

Example

“circulatory diseases”

Other meanings

  1. Circular; going round.

    “a circulatory letter”

Related words

  • cardiocirculatory
  • cerebrocirculatory
  • dyscirculatory
  • macrocirculatory
  • microcirculatory
  • neurocirculatory
  • noncirculatory
  • procirculatory
  • recirculatory
  • circulatory system
  • circulatory shock

Word history

From Latin "circulatorius".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “circulatory” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.