Arterial(a.) Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.
Arterial(a.) Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.
Arterialization(n.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aeration and hematosis.
Arterialize(v. t.) To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.
Arterialized(imp. & p. p.) of Arterialize
Arterializing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arterialize
Arteries(pl. ) of Artery
Artery(n.) The trachea or windpipe.
Artery(n.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
Artery(n.) Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
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