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Webster 1913 Edition


Circulatory

Cir′cu-la-to-ry

,
Adj.
[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
.

Cir′cu-la-to-ry

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Circulatory

CIRCULATORY

,
Adj.
1.
Circular; as a circulatory letter.
2.
Circulating.

CIRCULATORY

,
Noun.
A chimical vessel, in which that which rises from the vessel on the fire is collected and cooled in another fixed upon it, and falls down again.

Definition 2024


circulatory

circulatory

English

Adjective

circulatory

  1. Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.
    circulatory diseases
    circulatory organs
  2. Circular; going round.
    a circulatory letter

Translations

Noun

circulatory (plural circulatories)

  1. (chemistry) A vessel with two portions unequally exposed to heat, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.