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arterialize

American  
[ahr-teer-ee-uh-lahyz] / ɑrˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz /
especially British, arterialise

verb (used with object)

Physiology.
arterialized, arterializing

  1. to convert (venous blood) into arterial blood by the action of oxygen in the lungs.

arterialize British  
/ ɑːˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. to change (venous blood) into arterial blood by replenishing the depleted oxygen

  2. to vascularize (tissues)

  3. to provide with arteries

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Other Word Forms

  • arterialization noun

Etymology

Origin of arterialize

First recorded in 1825–35; arterial + -ize

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