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systemic 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 oxygenated blood away from the heart, to the body, and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

circulation that supplies blood to all the body except to the lungs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: circulation

History

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: liggaamsomloop — part of blood circulation
  • Afrikaans: groot bloedsomloop — part of blood circulation
  • Afrikaans: sistemiese sirkulasie — part of blood circulation
  • Arabic: دَوْرَة دَمَوِيَّة كُبْرَى — part of blood circulation
  • Azerbaijani: böyük qan dövranı — part of blood circulation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體循環 /体循环 (tǐxúnhuán) — part of blood circulation
  • Danish: det systemiske kredsløb — part of blood circulation
  • Danish: kropskredsløbet — part of blood circulation
  • Dutch: grote bloedsomloop — part of blood circulation
  • Finnish: suuri verenkierto — part of blood circulation
  • German: großer Blutkreislauf — part of blood circulation
  • German: systemischer Kreislauf — part of blood circulation
  • German: Körperkreislauf — part of blood circulation
  • Hungarian: nagyvérkör — part of blood circulation
  • Icelandic: líkamsblóðrás — part of blood circulation
  • Indonesian: peredaran darah besar — part of blood circulation
  • Indonesian: sirkulasi sistemik — part of blood circulation
  • Italian: grande circolazione — part of blood circulation
  • Italian: circolazione sistemica — part of blood circulation
  • Japanese: 体循環 (taijunkan) — part of blood circulation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: store kretsløp — part of blood circulation
  • Polish: krążenie ogólne — part of blood circulation
  • Polish: krwiobieg duży — part of blood circulation
  • Polish: obieg ustrojowy — part of blood circulation
  • Swedish: systemkretsloppet — part of blood circulation
  • Swedish: stora kretsloppet — part of blood circulation
  • Turkish: büyük kan dolaşımı — part of blood circulation