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The part of the circulatory system of birds and mammals that transports oxygenated blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the tissues in the body and returns deoxygenated blood from the tissues to the right atrium of the heart. Compare pulmonary circulation. See double circulation.
Subjects: Medicine and Health — Biological Sciences.
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