CIRCULATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does circulating mean? 

• CIRCULATING (adjective)
  The adjective CIRCULATING has 1 sense:

1. passing from one to another

  Familiarity information: CIRCULATING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCULATING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Passing from one to another

Context example:

circulating bills and coins

Similar:

current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)

 Context examples 

The most common heart medications may get an assist from nitric oxide circulating in the body, according to a new study out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

(Heart Disease Severity May Depend on Nitric Oxide Levels, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

SARS-CoV-1, like its successor now circulating across the globe, emerged from China and infected more than 8,000 people in 2002 and 2003.

(New coronavirus stable for hours on surface, National Institutes of Health)

B cell and T cell lymphocytes interact with a variety of cells as part of their immune function, circulating and homing in on specific stimuli in tissues like inflammatory signals.

(Adhesion Molecules on Lymphocyte Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Circulating numbers of T lymphocytes are decreased or ineffective.

(Congenital T-Cell Immunodeficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Glucocorticoids have been associated as a risk factor for the metabolic syndrome, but most obese individuals have normal levels of circulating corticosteroids.

(Metabolic Syndrome Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

These circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can take root elsewhere, causing the spread of the cancer to other organs, a process called metastasis.

(Isolated cancer cells may lead to personalized treatments, NIH)

Dr. Howard Federoff of Georgetown University Medical Center and his colleagues decided to search for biomarkers of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease in circulating blood.

(Study Points to Possible Blood Test For Memory Decline, Alzheimer’s, NIH)

This system keeps circulating blood sugar levels in check.

(When Liver Immune Cells Turn Bad, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The tumor cells that the magnetic wire picks up are known as circulating tumor cells.

(Magnetic Wires May Soon Be Used in Your Veins to Detect Cancer Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This agent also decreases the number of circulating lymphocytes, induces cell differentiation, and stimulates apoptosis in sensitive tumor cell populations.

(Methylprednisolone, NCI Thesaurus)