CIRCULATORY FAILURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does circulatory failure mean? 

• CIRCULATORY FAILURE (noun)
  The noun CIRCULATORY FAILURE has 1 sense:

1. failure of the cardiovascular system to supply adequate amounts of blood to body tissues

  Familiarity information: CIRCULATORY FAILURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCULATORY FAILURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Failure of the cardiovascular system to supply adequate amounts of blood to body tissues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("circulatory failure" is a kind of...):

cardiovascular disease (a disease of the heart or blood vessels)

 Context examples 

When accompanied by circulatory failure and shock (grades III and IV), it is called dengue shock syndrome.

(Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)