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pulmonary circulation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The part of blood circulation which carries oxygen-depleted blood away from the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

circulation of blood between the heart and the lungs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: circulation

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: pulmonêre sirkulasie — part of blood circulation
  • Arabic: دَوْرَة دَمَوِيَّة صُغْرَى — part of blood circulation
  • Azerbaijani: kiçik qan dövranı — part of blood circulation
  • Danish: det lille kredsløb — part of blood circulation
  • Danish: lungekredsløbet — part of blood circulation
  • Dutch: kleine bloedsomloop — part of blood circulation
  • Finnish: pieni verenkierto — part of blood circulation
  • German: kleiner Blutkreislauf — part of blood circulation
  • German: Lungenkreislauf — part of blood circulation
  • Hungarian: kisvérkör — part of blood circulation
  • Icelandic: lungnablóðrás — part of blood circulation
  • Indonesian: peredaran darah kecil — part of blood circulation
  • Indonesian: sirkulasi pulmonalis — part of blood circulation
  • Italian: piccola circolazione — part of blood circulation
  • Italian: circolazione polmonare — part of blood circulation
  • Japanese: 肺循環 (haijunkan) — part of blood circulation
  • Latin: circulatio pulmonalis — part of blood circulation
  • Latin: circulatio minor — part of blood circulation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lille kretsløp — part of blood circulation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lungekretsløpet — part of blood circulation
  • Polish: krążenie płucne — part of blood circulation
  • Polish: krwiobieg mały — part of blood circulation
  • Portuguese: circulação pulmonar — part of blood circulation
  • Swedish: lilla kretsloppet — part of blood circulation
  • Swedish: lungkretsloppet — part of blood circulation
  • Turkish: küçük kan dolaşımı — part of blood circulation