circulatory system

English

WOTD – 29 September 2022

Etymology

A simplified diagram of the human circulatory system.

From circulatory +‎ system.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɜːk(j)uːlətəɹi ˈsɪstəm/, /-tɹi-/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɝkjələˌtɔɹi ˈsɪstəm/
Hyphenation: cir‧cu‧lat‧o‧ry sys‧tem

Noun

circulatory system (plural circulatory systems)

(physiology) The parts of an animal body comprising the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood, which circulate the blood around the body. [from mid 19th c.]
Synonyms: (by some writers) cardiovascular system, (by some writers) vascular system, (loosely) circulation
(technology) The parts of a machine responsible for the circulation of some fluid.

Usage notes

Some writers treat cardiovascular system and vascular system as synonymous with circulatory system. Others regard these terms as hyponyms.

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Translations

parts of an animal body which circulate the blood around the body

Afrikaans: bloedsomloopstelsel
Arabic: جِهَاز اَلدَّوَرَان m (jihāz ad-dawarān)
Egyptian Arabic: جهاز الدوران m (gehaaz el dawaraan)
Armenian: արյան շրջանառություն (aryan šrǰanaṙutʻyun)
Assamese: সংবহন তন্ত্ৰ (xoṅbohon tontro)
Asturian: sistema circulatoriu (ast) m
Basque: zirkulazio-sistema, sistema baskularra, sistema kardiobaskularra, zirkulazio-aparatua
Belarusian: сістэма кровазвароту (sistema krovazvarotu)
Bengali: সংবহন তন্ত্র (śoṅbohon tontro)
Breton: gwazhiadurezh
Bulgarian: кръвоносна система (krǎvonosna sistema), кръвообращението (bg) (krǎvoobraštenieto), сърдечно-съдова система (sǎrdečno-sǎdova sistema)
Burmese: နှလုံး သွေးကြောစနစ် (hna.lum: swe:krau:ca.nac)
Catalan: sistema circulatori m
Chinese:
Hokkien: sûn-khoân hē-thóng (zh-min-nan)

Mandarin: 循環系統／循环系统 (zh) (xúnhuán xìtǒng)
Czech: oběhová soustava f
Danish: blodkredsløb n
Dhivehi: ލޭދައުރުކުރާ ނިޒާމް (lēdaurukurā nizām̊)
Dutch: bloedvatenstelsel (nl) n
Estonian: kardiovaskulaarsüsteem, südame ja soonte süsteem, südame-veresoonkond, tsirkulatsioonisüsteem, vereringeelundkond
Finnish: verenkiertojärjestelmä
French: circulation sanguine (fr) f
Galician: aparato circulatorio (gl)
Georgian: სისხლის მიმოქცევის სისტემა (sisxlis mimokcevis sisṭema)
German: Blutbahn (de) f, Blutgefäßsystem n, Blutkreislauf (de) m
Greek: κυκλοφορικό σύστημα (el) n (kykloforikó sýstima)
Gujarati: રુધિરાભિસરણ તંત્ર (rudhirābhisraṇ tantra)
Hebrew: מחזור הדם (he) m
Hindi: परिसंचरण तंत्र (parisañcraṇ tantra)
Hungarian: keringési rendszer (hu), szív- és érrendszer
Icelandic: blóðrásarkerfið, hjarta og æðakerfið
Ilocano: sistema ti sirkulatorio, sistema ti panagbalikuskos
Indonesian: sistem kardiovaskular, sistem peredaran darah
Interlingua: systema circulatori
Irish: cardashoithíoch, córas imsruthaithe
Italian: sistema circolatorio m, apparato circolatorio (it) m
Japanese: 循環器 (ja) (じゅんかんき, junkanki)
Kannada: ರಕ್ತಪರಿಚಲನೆಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ (raktaparicalaneya vyavasthe)
Kazakh: қанайналым жүйесі (qanainalym jüiesı)
Korean: 순환계(循環系) (sunhwan'gye)
Latvian: asinsrites orgānu sistēma
Lithuanian: kraujotakos sistema
Malay: sistem kardiovaskular, sistem peredaran
Malayalam: രക്തചംക്രമണവ്യൂഹം (raktacaṅkramaṇavyūhaṁ)
Maori: pūnaha toto, pūnaha rere toto
Marathi: रक्तवाहन यंत्रणा (raktavāhan yantraṇā)
North Frisian: bludkreisluup, kreisluup
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sirkulasjonssystem

Nynorsk: krinsløpssystemet, sirkulasjonssystemet
Occitan: sistèma circulatòri m
Persian: دستگاه گردش
Polish: układ krwionośny człowieka
Portuguese: sistema circulatório m
Punjabi: ਖੂਨ ਸੰਚਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ (khūn sañcār prṇālī)
Romanian: sistem cardiovascular (ro) n, aparat cardiovascular (ro) n
Russian: сердечно-сосудистая систе́ма (ru) (serdečno-sosudistaja sistéma)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: cirkulatorni sistem, kardiovaskularni sistem
Sinhalese: රුධිර සංසරණ පද්ධතිය (rudhira saṁsaraṇa paddhatiya)
Slovak: kardiovaskulárny systém, obehová sústava, srdcovocievna sústava
Slovene: cirkulacijski sistem, cirkulatorni sistem, obtočila
Spanish: sistema circulatorio m
Swedish: cirkulationssystem (sv) n
Tagalog: sistemang sirkulatoryo
Tamil: சுற்றோட்டத் தொகுதி (cuṟṟōṭṭat tokuti)
Telugu: రక్త ప్రసరణ వ్యవస్థ (te) (rakta prasaraṇa vyavastha)
Thai: ระบบไหลเวียน
Turkish: dolaşım sistemi (tr)
Ukrainian: серцево-судинна система людини (sercevo-sudynna systema ljudyny)
Urdu: قلبی وِ عائی نظام (parisañcraṇ tantra)
Vietnamese: hệ tuần hoàn (vi)
Welsh: system gylchredol
West Frisian: bloedfettestelsel, bloedsomrin
Yoruba: ètò ìṣọ̀n ẹ̀jẹ̀

parts of a machine responsible for the circulation of some fluid