CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does circulatory system mean? 

• CIRCULATORY SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun CIRCULATORY SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body

  Familiarity information: CIRCULATORY SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCULATORY SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cardiovascular system; circulatory system

Hypernyms ("circulatory system" is a kind of...):

vascular system (the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant)

Meronyms (parts of "circulatory system"):

liver (large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes)

heart; pump; ticker (the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body)

blood stream; bloodstream (the blood flowing through the circulatory system)

lymph (a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels)

blood vessel (a vessel in which blood circulates)

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

venation; venous blood system ((zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal)

lymph gland; lymph node; node (the source of lymph and lymphocytes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circulatory system"):

fetal circulation; foetal circulation (the system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus)

Holonyms ("circulatory system" is a part of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

 Context examples 

Cardiovascular Pharmacology; the study of the effects of drugs upon the heart or circulatory system

(Cardiovascular Pharmacology, NCI Thesaurus)

A branch of medicine that specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart, blood vessels, and circulatory system.

(Cardiology, NCI Dictionary)

The study of the effects of drugs upon the heart or circulatory system.

(Cardiovascular Pharmacology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Garlic oil is used as a flavoring and is also reported to treat high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diseases of the circulatory system.

(Garlic Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 5, plays a role in the regulation of insulin-like growth factor and in protein transport in the circulatory system.

(IGFBP5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

An epithelial cell which may release secretions to a free epithelial surface (exocrine) or to the circulatory system (endocrine).

(Glandular Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Betaxolol hydrochloride acts on the heart and circulatory system and decreases cardiac contractility and rate, thereby reducing cardiac output.

(Betaxolol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiovascular Pathology; a subdiscipline of pathology focusing on diseases of the heart or circulatory system.

(Cardiovascular Pathology, NCI Thesaurus)

Lymphatic vessels are part of the body’s circulatory system.

(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)

An agent that inhibits platelet aggregation and reduces coagulation in the circulatory system.

(Antiplatelet Agent, NCI Thesaurus)