Meanings
nouncirculatory system (plural circulatory systems)
plural circulatory systems
- medicineThe parts of an animal body comprising the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood, which circulate the blood around the body.First known use mid 19th c.
Synonyms: cardiovascular system, vascular system, circulation
- engineeringThe parts of a machine responsible for the circulation of some fluid.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe parts of an animal body comprising the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood, which circulate the blood around the body.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounthe organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body
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Broader
vascular system
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Translations
Afrikaans bloedsomloopstelsel
- bloedsomloopstelselparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Arabic جِهَاز اَلدَّوَرَان
- جِهَاز اَلدَّوَرَان (jihāz ad-dawarān)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Basque zirkulazio-sistema, sistema baskularra
- zirkulazio-sistemaparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- sistema baskularraparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- sistema kardiobaskularraparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- zirkulazio-aparatuaparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Bengali সংবহন তন্ত্র
- সংবহন তন্ত্র (śoṅbohon tontro)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Bulgarian кръвоносна система, кръвообращението
- кръвоносна система (krăvonosna sistema)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- кръвообращението (krăvoobraštenieto)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- сърдечно-съдова система (sărdečno-sădova sistema)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Catalan sistema circulatori
- sistema circulatoriparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Chinese Mandarin 循環系統 /循环系统
- 循環系統 /循环系统 (xúnhuán xìtǒng)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Czech oběhová soustava
- oběhová soustavaparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Danish blodkredsløb
- blodkredsløbparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Dutch bloedvatenstelsel, bloedsomloop
- bloedvatenstelselparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- bloedsomloopparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Estonian kardiovaskulaarsüsteem, südame ja soonte süsteem
- kardiovaskulaarsüsteemparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- südame ja soonte süsteemparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- südame-veresoonkondparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- tsirkulatsioonisüsteemparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- vereringeelundkondparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Finnish verenkiertojärjestelmä
- verenkiertojärjestelmäparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
French circulation sanguine
- circulation sanguineparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
German Blutbahn, Blutgefäßsystem
- Blutbahnparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- Blutgefäßsystemparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- Blutkreislaufparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Greek κυκλοφορικό σύστημα
- κυκλοφορικό σύστημα (kykloforikó sýstima)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Hebrew מחזור הדם
- מחזור הדםparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Hindi परिसंचरण तंत्र
- परिसंचरण तंत्र (parisañcraṇ tantra)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Hungarian keringési rendszer, szív- és érrendszer
- keringési rendszerparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- szív- és érrendszerparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Icelandic blóðrásarkerfið, hjarta og æðakerfið
- blóðrásarkerfiðparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- hjarta og æðakerfiðparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Indonesian sistem kardiovaskular, sistem peredaran darah
- sistem kardiovaskularparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- sistem peredaran darahparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Irish cardashoithíoch, córas imsruthaithe
- cardashoithíochparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- córas imsruthaitheparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Italian sistema circolatorio, apparato circolatorio
- sistema circolatorioparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- apparato circolatorioparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Japanese 循環器
- 循環器 (junkanki)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Korean 순환계
- 순환계 (sunhwan'gye)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Latvian asinsrites orgānu sistēma
- asinsrites orgānu sistēmaparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Lithuanian kraujotakos sistema
- kraujotakos sistemaparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Malay sistem kardiovaskular, sistem peredaran
- sistem kardiovaskularparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- sistem peredaranparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Māori pūnaha toto, pūnaha rere toto
- pūnaha totoparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- pūnaha rere totoparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Norwegian Bokmål sirkulasjonssystem
- sirkulasjonssystemparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Persian دستگاه گردش
- دستگاه گردشparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Polish układ krwionośny, krwiobieg
- układ krwionośnyparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- krwiobiegparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- układ cyrkulacyjnyparts of a machine responsible for the circulation of some fluid
Portuguese sistema circulatório
- sistema circulatórioparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Punjabi ਖੂਨ ਸੰਚਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ
- ਖੂਨ ਸੰਚਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ (khūn sañcār prṇālī)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Romanian sistem cardiovascular, aparat cardiovascular
- sistem cardiovascularparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- aparat cardiovascularparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Russian сердечно-сосудистая систе́ма
- сердечно-сосудистая систе́ма (serdečno-sosudistaja sistéma)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Slovak kardiovaskulárny systém, obehová sústava
- kardiovaskulárny systémparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- obehová sústavaparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
- srdcovocievna sústavaparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Spanish sistema circulatorio
- sistema circulatorioparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Swedish cirkulationssystem
- cirkulationssystemparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Tagalog sistemang sirkulatoryo
- sistemang sirkulatoryoparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Tamil சுற்றோட்டத் தொகுதி
- சுற்றோட்டத் தொகுதி (cuṟṟōṭṭat tokuti)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Thai ระบบไหลเวียน
- ระบบไหลเวียนparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Turkish dolaşım sistemi
- dolaşım sistemiparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Ukrainian серцево-судинна система людини
- серцево-судинна система людини (sercevo-sudynna systema ljudyny)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Urdu قلبی وِ عائی نظام
- قلبی وِ عائی نظام (parisañcraṇ tantra)parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Vietnamese hệ tuần hoàn
- hệ tuần hoànparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
Welsh system gylchredol
- system gylchredolparts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
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circulatory system. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circulatory%20system
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“circulatory system.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circulatory%20system. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circulatory system,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circulatory%20system.
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