Definition of "circulatory" [cir•cu•la•to•ry]

Of or relating to circulation. (adjective)
Of or relating to the circulatory system. (adjective)

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Use "circulatory" in a sentence

"In brief, the "rat mesoappendix test", conducted by Zweifach and technicians whom he trained, produced evidence by 1944 for two vasoactive factors in circulatory shock."
"As part of their thesis, a total of 99 patients with life-threatening heart failure were treated with a heart pump for short - or long-term circulatory support."
"FDA-cleared TandemHeart can be placed rapidly by both interventional cardiologists in a cath lab and by cardiac surgeons in an operating room to provide short-term circulatory support to patients requiring additional cardiac assistance."

Words like "circulatory"

alimentary arteriovenous cardiac cardiopulmonary

cardiovascular circular circulative degenerative

diffusive digestive endocrine excretory

glandular neurological psychosomatic respiratory