circulatory

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The limited air and food would likely stunt their growth compared to earthlings, and their lungs and circulatory systems might struggle to deliver oxygen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

It also found circulatory diseases to be the most common cause of death at 17.6%, compared with respiratory conditions in the original report.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Results showed that students who reported anxiety symptoms had both a lower percentage and lower number of circulatory NK cells and their subtypes compared to those without symptoms.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

His frame is lit from within, head-to-toe, by argon trapped in electrified tubes shaped to resemble the human circulatory system, making his soul visible.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

Equally typical is a tendency to equate the risk from some obscure and exotic malady with the chances of suffering from heart and circulatory disease, from which about 12,000 Americans die each week.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos