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Definition of Pulmonary circulation
1. Noun. Circulation of blood between the heart and the lungs.
Definition of Pulmonary circulation
1. Noun. (anatomy) The part of blood circulation which carries oxygen-depleted blood away from the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulmonary Circulation
Literary usage of Pulmonary circulation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"The Conditions of Pressure and Velocity in the pulmonary circulation.—The general
plan of the smaller circulation from right ventricle to left auricle is ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"THE FACTOR OF SAFETY IN THE pulmonary circulation. BY JP SIMONDS, MD, CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS. (From the Department of Pathology of Northwestern University ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"In his work there is evidently a sketch of the pulmonary circulation, ... Not so
much the recognition of the pulmonary circulation, as that had been made ..."