A Topical Dictionary: Search for circulatory

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English

Adjective

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

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Circulatory \Cir"cu*la*to*ry\, n.
A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally
exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or
passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated
portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining
a circulation.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Circulatory \Cir"cu*la*to*ry\, a. [L. circulatorius pert. to a
mountebank: cf. F. circulatoire.]
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1. Circular; as, a circulatory letter. --Johnson.
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2. Circulating, or going round. --T. Warton.
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3. (Anat.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as,
circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of
circulation; as, circulatory diseases.
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WordNet circulatory
adj 1: of or relating to circulation [syn: circulative]
2: relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the
blood