arterial : Idioms & Phrases

• noun blood found in arteries
  
  • except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen

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• blood which has been changed and vitalized (arterialized) during passage through the lungs.

Webster 1913

• noun measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases
  

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• noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
  artery; arteria.
  

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• noun a fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosis
  

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• noun the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries
  
  • arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance

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• noun a major or main route
  

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• noun sclerosis of the arterial walls
  arteriosclerosis; induration of the arteries; coronary-artery disease; hardening of the arteries.
  

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