circulatory system

English

Noun

circulatory system (plural circulatory systems)

1. (physiology) The parts of an animal body comprising the heart, veins, capillaries and arteries.
2. The parts of a machine responsible for the circulation of some fluid.

Synonyms

• (physiology): cardiovascular system

Related terms

• lymphatic system
• nervous system
• respiratory system

Translations

parts of an animal body

• Arabic: جِهَاز اَلدَّوَرَان m (jihāz ad-dawarān)

  Egyptian Arabic: جهاز الدوران m (gehaaz el dawaraan)

• Asturian: sistema circulatoriu (ast) m
• Catalan: sistema circulatori m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 循環系統／循环系统 (zh) (xúnhuán xìtǒng), 循环系统 (zh) (xúnhuán xìtǒng)

• Czech: oběhová soustava f
• Danish: blodkredsløb n
• Dutch: bloedvatenstelsel (nl) n
• Finnish: verenkiertojärjestelmä
• French: circulation sanguine (fr) f
• German: Blutbahn (de) f, Blutgefäßsystem n, Blutkreislauf (de) m
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• Greek: κυκλοφορικό σύστημα (el) n (kykloforikó sýstima)
• Hungarian: keringési rendszer, szív- és érrendszer
• Italian: apparato circolatorio (it) m, sistema circolatorio m
• Japanese: 循環器 (ja) (junkanki)
• Maori: pūnaha toto
• Min Nan: sûn-khoân hē-thóng (zh-min-nan)
• Portuguese: sistema circulatório m
• Russian: сердечно-сосудистая систе́ма (ru) (serdečno-sosudistaja sistéma)
• Spanish: sistema circulatorio m
• Swedish: cirkulationssystem (sv) n
• Turkish: dolaşım sistemi (tr)

See also

• systemic circulation