arterial

arterial Definition

ar·teri·al (är tir′ē əl)

adjective

of or like an artery or arteries
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
of or being a main road or channel with many branches

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

arterial Related Forms

ar·te′ri·ally adverb

arterial Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

embolization: Appendicular arterial tumor embolization in two cats with pulmonary carcinoma.
thrombosis: It is uncertain whether there may also be a very slight risk of arterial thrombosis.
hypertension: Comment: are definitions for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension inappropriate?
insufficiency: Arterial insufficiency will affect the ability of any wound to heal.
puncture: The blood sample is obtained by arterial puncture, usually in the wrist or arm or from an arterial line already in place.
saturation: Standard practice is to titrate the FIO 2 to an arterial oxygen saturation of 90 % .

arterial Quotes

I know the colour of that blood; it is arterial blood; I cannot be deceived in that colour; that drop of blood is my death-warrantöI must die.

—Keats,John

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