Circulatory

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circulatory \Cir"cu*la*to*ry\, n.
     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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circulatory \Cir"cu*la*to*ry\, a. [L. circulatorius pert. to a
     mountebank: cf. F. circulatoire.]
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     1. Circular; as, a circulatory letter. --Johnson.
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     2. Circulating, or going round. --T. Warton.
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     3. (Anat.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as,
        circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of
        circulation; as, circulatory diseases.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  circulatory
       adj 1: of or relating to circulation [syn: {circulative}]
       2: relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the
          blood