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Circulatory adj.

Circular; as, a circulatory letter.

Circulating, or going round.

(Anat.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as, circulatory diseases.

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Etymology of 'Circulatory'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Circulatory" Quotes from Famous Books

... the individual corresponds to the cell, the various trades and professions to the organs. Society has thus its alimentary system, in the apparatus of production and exchange; its circulatory system, in the network of communications; its nervous system, in the ...

— The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue • G. Lowes Dickinson

... swam all round the wood-pile, looking for a way out, and poking his little brown nose between the stakes, but there was no escape, and when he came back to the entrance and found it still closed his last hope died, and he gave up in despair. His heart and lungs and all his circulatory apparatus had been so designed by the Great Architect that he might live for many minutes under water, but they could not keep him alive indefinitely. Overhead was the ice, and all around was that cruel fence. Only a rod away was home, where his brothers and sisters were ...

— Forest Neighbors - Life Stories of Wild Animals • William Davenport Hulbert

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