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circulatory

Syllables: cir·cu·lat·o·ry/ˈsɜːk(j)uːlətəɹi/US/ˈsɝkjələˌtɔɹi/

circulatory adjective: of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.

Adjective

circulatory (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.
    • circulatory diseases
    • circulatory organs
  2. Circular; going round.
    • a circulatory letter

Noun

circulatory (plural circulatories)

  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.

circulatory meaning in Tamil

circulatory in Tamil

சுற்றோட்ட

Examples of circulatory in a sentence

  • Figure 3 maps the pressure distribution within the human circulatory system.
  • When a patient has copious track marks demonstrating severe circulatory system damage, injections are done by drilling into the bone marrow and administering medicine intraosseously.
  • The wide access corridors passed slowly, the conduits and pipes like the circulatory system of some vast planetary behemoth.

All 10 example sentences with circulatory

Forms of circulatory

pluralcirculatories

Origin of circulatory

From French circulatoire, from Latin circulatorius.

Words formed from circulatory

Phrases with circulatory

Questions about circulatory

What does circulatory mean?
Circulatory means of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.
What is circulatory in Tamil?
Circulatory in Tamil is சுற்றோட்ட. See Circulatory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is circulatory?
Circulatory can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce circulatory?
Circulatory is pronounced /ˈsɜːk(j)uːlətəɹi/ (UK).

Words near circulatory in the dictionary

  1. circulative
  2. circulator
  3. circulatories
  4. circulatorious
  5. circulators
  6. circulatory
  7. circulatory shock
  8. circulatory shocks
  9. circulatory system
  10. circulatory systems
  11. circule

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Adapted from Wiktionary: circulatory (page history and authors); circulatory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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