circulation : Idioms & Phrases


Collateral circulation

  • (Med. & Physiol.), circulation established through indirect or subordinate branches when the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.
Webster 1913

Derivative circulation

  • a modification of the circulation found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins without the interposition of capillaries.
Webster 1913

fetal circulation

  • noun the system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus
    fetal circulation.
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foetal circulation

  • noun the system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus
    fetal circulation.
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pulmonary circulation

  • noun circulation of blood between the heart and the lungs
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systemic circulation

  • noun circulation that supplies blood to all the body except to the lungs
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vitelline circulation

  • noun circulation of blood between the embryo and the yolk sac
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