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[ adjective ] moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same point

Examples

"steam circulating through the pipes" "the circulating thyroid hormones"

Used in print

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

Since the circulating thyroid_hormones are the amino_acids thyroxine and tri-iodothyronine ( cf. Section C ) , it is clear that some mechanism must exist in the thyroid_gland for their release from proteins before secretion .

First , is the circulating form of the hormone the same as that found in the gland where it is synthesised and stored ?

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moving

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[ adjective ] passing from one to another

Examples

"circulating bills and coins"

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current

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