circulatory system

noun

: the system of blood, blood vessels, lymphatics, and heart concerned with the circulation of the blood and lymph

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Lynch’s career-realigning Blue Velvet, which introduced MacLachlan to audiences as amateur detective and voyeur Jeffrey Beaumont, starts with the hero’s father collapsing of a stroke while watering his lawn, the kink in the hose visualizing what happened in the man’s circulatory system. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025 From early renderings of flying machines to anatomical drawings of the circulatory system, da Vinci never stopped learning, even if the world wasn’t quite ready for his observations. Hunter Ingram For Variety, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024 The best solution has been, as with many aging circulatory systems, bypass surgery. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Oct. 2024 How to Check Your Pulse Arteries comprise one part of the circulatory system. Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for circulatory system 

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of circulatory system was in 1862

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“Circulatory system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circulatory%20system. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

circulatory system

noun
: the bodily system of blood, vessels, and heart concerned with the circulation of the blood and lymph

Medical Definition

circulatory system

noun
: the system of blood, blood vessels, lymphatics, and heart concerned with the circulation of the blood and lymph

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