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arterial definition

ar·teri·al (är tir′ē əl)

adjective

  1. of or like an artery or arteries
  2. designating or of the blood in the arteries, which has been oxygenated in the lungs or gills and is brighter red than that in the veins
  3. of or being a main road or channel with many branches

Etymology: Fr artérial (now artériel) < ML arterialis: see artery

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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