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trepidatory (iou) and circulation time (medicine)


trepidatory (iou)



trepidatory adjective. rare. L19.
[formed as TREPIDATE + -ORY2.]
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by trepidation.

circulation time (medicine)


circulation time


The time taken for the blood to pass through a given circuit of the vascular system, e.g., the pulmonary or systemic circulation, from one arm to another, from arm to tongue, or from arm to lung; it is measured by the injection into an arm vein of a substance, such as sodium dehydrocholate, ether, fluorescein, histamine, or a radium salt, which can be detected when it arrives at another point in the vascular system.