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6 dictionary results for: circulatory
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
cir·cu·late       [sur-kyuh-leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1.to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
2.to pass from place to place, from person to person, etc.: She circulated among her guests.
3.to be distributed or sold, esp. over a wide area.
4.Library Science. (of books and other materials) to be available for borrowing by patrons of a library for a specified period of time.
–verb (used with object)
5.to cause to pass from place to place, person to person, etc.; disseminate; distribute: to circulate a rumor.
6.Library Science. to lend (books and other materials) to patrons of a library for a specified period of time.
[Origin: 1425–75 for earlier senses; 1665–75 for current senses; late ME < L circulātus (ptp. of circulārī to gather round one, ML circulāre to encircle), equiv. to circul(us) circle + -ātus -ate1]

—Related forms
cir·cu·lat·a·ble, adjective
cir·cu·la·tive       [sur-kyuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv] Pronunciation Key, adjective
cir·cu·la·to·ry       [sur-kyuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective

—Synonyms 3. disperse, spread, promulgate.
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cir·cu·la·to·ry       (sûr'kyə-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to circulation.
  2. Of or relating to the circulatory system.

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circulatory

adjective
1. of or relating to circulation [syn: circulative] 
2. relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood 

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circulatory cir·cu·la·to·ry (sûr'kyə-lə-tôr'ē)
n.

  1. Relating to circulation.
  2. Relating to the circulatory system.

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Circulatory

Cir"cu*la*to*ry\, a. [L. circulatorius pert. to a mountebank: cf. F. circulatoire.]

1. Circular; as, a circulatory letter. --Johnson.

2. Circulating, or going round. --T. Warton.

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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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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