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Circulatory system   /sˈərkjələtˌɔri sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Circulatory system

noun
1.
The organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body.  Synonym: cardiovascular system.





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"Circulatory system" Quotes from Famous Books



... ice cream is made. 2. The cultivation of rice. 3. Greek architecture. 4. How paper is made. 5. A tornado. 6. Description of a steam engine. 7. The circulatory system of a frog. 8. A western ranch. 9. Street furniture. ...
— Composition-Rhetoric • Stratton D. Brooks
... to me to act specifically and energetically, not only upon the circulatory system, but equally so upon the nervous system, allaying nervous irritability more effectually in fevers, than Coff., Cham., Bell., Nux, or any other drug we possess. As it acts very quickly, the first dose may be soon repeated and increased, if no ...
— An Epitome of Homeopathic Healing Art - Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time • B. L. Hill
... distention, like as happens in the case of the urinary bladder, more or less complete paralysis is induced. From the prolonged retention of fecal matter accompanying constipation, excrementitious products that ought to be eliminated become absorbed and thereby contaminate the contents of the circulatory system. As the result of this contamination, the secretions become vitiated, and a general disturbance of the conditions of life is produced. The action of the liver becoming deranged, its eliminative office is imperfectly discharged, and thus sallowness of the face and a bilious-tinged ...
— Intestinal Ills • Alcinous Burton Jamison


Words linked to "Circulatory system" :   vena, node, physical structure, lymph, bloodstream, venation, blood stream, venous blood system, fetal circulation, ticker, organic structure, heart, lymph node, body, lymph gland, foetal circulation, pump, liver, blood vessel, vein, venous blood vessel, vascular system


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