arterial

[ ahr-teer-ee-uhl ]

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adjective

Physiology. pertaining to the blood in the pulmonary vein, in the left side of the heart, and in most arteries, having been oxygenated during its passage through the lungs and being normally bright red.
Anatomy. of, relating to, or resembling the arteries.
being or constituting a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access, often with many branches:
an arterial highway; an arterial drainage system.

a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
funds to resurface the main arterials of the city.

arterial

/ ɑːˈtɪərɪəl /

of, relating to, or affecting an artery or arteries
arterial disease
denoting or relating to the usually bright red reoxygenated blood returning from the lungs or gills that circulates in the arteries
being a major route, esp one with many minor branches
an arterial road

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin artēriālis. See artery, -al ¹

Over time, the theory goes, inflammation causes trouble—plaques and less pliable arterial walls.

Heavy lacerations, arterial bleeding, left leg and left arm.

By respiration the black venous blood is transformed into red arterial blood and regenerated.

He knew, also, that the pulmonary veins conducted arterial blood, and that the pericardium was a shut sac.

In 1687 Cowper saw the passage of the arterial into the venous current in the mesentery of a cat.

A sample of the dog's arterial blood contained ten per cent of acetylene.

The heart has a pair of venous ostia, often blending into one, and an anterior arterial aorta.

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