All circulatory synonyms
cir·cu·late
C c adj circulatory
- flowing — moving in or as in a stream: flowing water.
- moving — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- rotating — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- circling — a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
- fluid — a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
- ambient — The ambient temperature is the temperature of the air above the ground in a particular place.
- diffusive — tending to diffuse; characterized by diffusion.
adjective circulatory
- cardiovascular — of the heart and the blood vessels as a unified body system
- cardiac — Cardiac means relating to the heart.
- vascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- blood — Blood is the red liquid that flows inside your body, which you can see if you cut yourself.