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circulatory system

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɜːk(j)uːlətəɹi ˈsɪstəm/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-tɹi-/
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  • General-American: /ˌsɝkjələˌtɔɹi ˈsɪstəm/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The parts of an animal body comprising the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood, which circulate the blood around the body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cardiovascular system, vascular system, circulation

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The parts of a machine responsible for the circulation of some fluid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cardiovascular system

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vascular system

Narrower terms: fetal circulation, foetal circulation

History

Etymology

From circulatory + system.

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bloedsomloopstelsel — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Arabic: جِهَاز اَلدَّوَرَان (jihāz ad-dawarān) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Arabic: جهاز الدوران (gehaaz el dawaraan) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Armenian: արյան շրջանառություն (aryan šrǰanaṙutʻyun) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Assamese: সংবহন তন্ত্ৰ (xoṅbohon tontro) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Asturian: sistema circulatoriu — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Basque: zirkulazio-sistema — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Basque: sistema baskularra — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Basque: sistema kardiobaskularra — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Basque: zirkulazio-aparatua — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Belarusian: сістэма кровазвароту (sistema krovazvarotu) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Bengali: সংবহন তন্ত্র (śoṅbohon tontro) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Breton: gwazhiadurezh — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Bulgarian: кръвоносна система (krǎvonosna sistema) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Bulgarian: кръвообращението (krǎvoobraštenieto) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Bulgarian: сърдечно-съдова система (sǎrdečno-sǎdova sistema) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Burmese: နှလုံး သွေးကြောစနစ် (hna.lum: swe:krau:ca.nac) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Catalan: sistema circulatori — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Chinese: sûn-khoân hē-thóng (zh-min-nan) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 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 — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Danish: blodkredsløb — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Dhivehi: ލޭދައުރުކުރާ ނިޒާމް (lēdaurukurā nizām̊) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Dutch: bloedvatenstelsel — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Dutch: bloedsomloop — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Estonian: kardiovaskulaarsüsteem — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Estonian: südame ja soonte süsteem — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Estonian: südame-veresoonkond — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Estonian: tsirkulatsioonisüsteem — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Estonian: vereringeelundkond — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Finnish: verenkiertojärjestelmä — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • French: circulation sanguine — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • North Frisian: bludkreisluup — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • North Frisian: kreisluup — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • West-Frisian: bloedfettestelsel — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • West-Frisian: bloedsomrin — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Galician: aparato circulatorio — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Georgian: სისხლის მიმოქცევის სისტემა (sisxlis mimokcevis sisṭema) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • German: Blutbahn — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • German: Blutgefäßsystem — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • German: Blutkreislauf — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Greek: κυκλοφορικό σύστημα (kykloforikó sýstima) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Gujarati: રુધિરાભિસરણ તંત્ર (rudhirābhisraṇ tantra) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Hebrew: מחזור הדם — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Hindi: परिसंचरण तंत्र (parisañcraṇ tantra) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Hungarian: keringési rendszer — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Hungarian: szív- és érrendszer — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Icelandic: blóðrásarkerfið — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Icelandic: hjarta og æðakerfið — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Ilocano: sistema ti sirkulatorio — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Ilocano: sistema ti panagbalikuskos — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Indonesian: sistem kardiovaskular — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Indonesian: sistem peredaran darah — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Interlingua: systema circulatori — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Irish: cardashoithíoch — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Irish: córas imsruthaithe — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Italian: sistema circolatorio — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Italian: apparato circolatorio — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Japanese: 循環器 (junkanki) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Kannada: ರಕ್ತಪರಿಚಲನೆಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ (raktaparicalaneya vyavasthe) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Kazakh: қанайналым жүйесі (qanainalym jüiesı) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Korean: 순환계 (sunhwan'gye) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Latvian: asinsrites orgānu sistēma — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Lithuanian: kraujotakos sistema — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Malay: sistem kardiovaskular — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Malay: sistem peredaran — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Malayalam: രക്തചംക്രമണവ്യൂഹം (raktacaṅkramaṇavyūhaṁ) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Māori: pūnaha toto — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Māori: pūnaha rere toto — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Marathi: रक्तवाहन यंत्रणा (raktavāhan yantraṇā) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sirkulasjonssystem — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: krinsløpssystemet — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sirkulasjonssystemet — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Occitan: sistèma circulatòri — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Persian: دستگاه گردش — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Polish: układ krwionośny — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Polish: krwiobieg — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Portuguese: sistema circulatório — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Punjabi: ਖੂਨ ਸੰਚਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ (khūn sañcār prṇālī) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Romanian: sistem cardiovascular — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Romanian: aparat cardiovascular — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Russian: сердечно-сосудистая систе́ма (serdečno-sosudistaja sistéma) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: cirkulatorni sistem — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: kardiovaskularni sistem — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Sinhalese: රුධිර සංසරණ පද්ධතිය (rudhira saṁsaraṇa paddhatiya) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Slovak: kardiovaskulárny systém — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Slovak: obehová sústava — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Slovak: srdcovocievna sústava — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Slovene: cirkulacijski sistem — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Slovene: cirkulatorni sistem — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Slovene: obtočila — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Spanish: sistema circulatorio — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Swedish: cirkulationssystem — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Tagalog: sistemang sirkulatoryo — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Tamil: சுற்றோட்டத் தொகுதி (cuṟṟōṭṭat tokuti) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Telugu: రక్త ప్రసరణ వ్యవస్థ (rakta prasaraṇa vyavastha) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Thai: ระบบไหลเวียน — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Turkish: dolaşım sistemi — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Ukrainian: 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 (parisañcraṇ tantra) — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Vietnamese: hệ tuần hoàn — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Welsh: system gylchredol — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Yoruba: ètò ìṣọ̀n ẹ̀jẹ̀ — parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body
  • Polish: układ cyrkulacyjny — parts of a machine responsible for the circulation of some fluid