How to Use circulatory in a Sentence

circulatory

adjective
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  • Central to the circulatory system, the heart is made up of four chambers and valves that allow blood to flow through the body.
    — Robert Jimison, CNN, 14 July 2017
  • The pope had a track record of circulatory problems; his lower legs were swollen.
    — Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2021
  • That's not the case for injuries to the lower leg (tibia), which doesn't have circulatory muscles.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024
  • Basically, the blood is drained out of the right side of the body, goes to an oxygenator, then is pumped to the other side of the body to provide circulatory support.
    — Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 25 July 2019
  • People who live on the streets are prone to circulatory problems.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2018
  • In addition to circulatory death, there is brain death: when a person whose brain no longer functions at all can also be declared dead though their heart still beats.
    — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • As the valley warms, the air in the village begins to rise, creating a circulatory effect: cold air rushes down the slopes to replace what has risen, only to be warmed and lifted up into the sky.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • For 75 years, Mail Rail was the subterranean circulatory system of Britain’s postal system.
    — Jill Lawless, The Seattle Times, 27 July 2017
  • For 75 years, Mail Rail was the subterranean circulatory system of Britain's postal system.
    — Jill Lawless, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2017
  • Rear passengers who stand six feet or less can sit (upright, even) for 100 miles or more without losing legs due to circulatory blockage.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022
  • One major early study in the field, published in 2008 in the Lancet, found that people in England living in greener areas had lower rates of death from circulatory diseases and from any cause.
    — Jillian Mock, Time, 27 Apr. 2022
  • But when the nocturnal frogs are active, blood begins to snake again through their circulatory systems, forming a visible maze of bright red.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Their gut branches throughout their bodies to spread nutrients, since the worms lack a circulatory system.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 15 July 2017
  • Experts then followed the cohort for an average of 16 years to observe how many had heart attacks, strokes and other serious circulatory events, and how many of them died.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Researchers are also beginning to study circulatory networks in other parts of the body.
    — Emily Singer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2013
  • But Manion is among a small, but growing number of people to receive a heart donated after circulatory death, or DCD.
    — Joe Carlson, Star Tribune, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Schroder said here have been pediatric donation after circulatory death transplants performed in the past, but this is the first adult transplantation in the United States.
    — Allen Kim, CNN, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Autopsy records from Honolulu, Maui and Kauai counties showed circulatory disease was present in nearly half the drownings and most victims were over 65.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2018
  • High school biology classes teach us that the circulatory system pumps blood and the digestive system pumps food.
    — Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, 10 July 2017
  • The Ebola virus causes leaky blood vessels and circulatory failure, which starves the body’s organs of oxygen — leading to shock and multiple organ failure.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
  • During his second stint in prison he was diagnosed with Buerger’s disease, a rare circulatory disorder that led to the amputation of some of his fingers and toes.
    — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Hoegel was finally stopped in 2005 when another nurse caught him injecting a patient with an overdose of a drug that can cause heart failure or circulatory collapse.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, latimes.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • The body's circulatory or cardiovascular system is often described as a network of one-way streets that connect the heart to other organs.
    — Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Shortly after giving birth to a baby boy in 1983, Susan's circulatory system and kidneys began to fail.
    — Maria Carter, Country Living, 28 July 2017
  • Scheft, who was making a documentary about Mr. Belzer’s career, said the actor had circulatory and respiratory health issues for the last few years of his life.
    — Meryl Kornfield, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • It's called donation after circulatory death, a method long used to recover kidneys and other organs but not more fragile hearts.
    — Lauran Neergaard, ajc, 7 June 2023
  • Medicare patients most often travel for cancer and heart or circulatory care, the largest major spending categories of 21 tracked.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Proper hydration is important to circulatory functions, so sip away and embrace the day.
    — Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Later that morning, Galusha-Beck had a circulatory collapse.
    — Bend Bulletin, oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Collectively, their research was applied to the treatment of high blood pressure, blood clots and other circulatory problems, asthma, allergies, peptic ulcers, gallstones and kidney stones.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 11 July 2024

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