Arterial meaning

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Of, like, or in an artery or arteries.
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Of, relating to, or being the blood in the arteries that has absorbed oxygen in the lungs and is bright red.
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Being a main road or channel with many branches.

An arterial highway; an arterial route.

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A through road or street.
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Of or like an artery or arteries.
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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.
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Of or being a main road or channel with many branches.
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Relating to, like, or in an artery or arteries.
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Relating to or being the blood in the arteries that has absorbed oxygen in the lungs and is bright red.
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Of or relating to an artery.
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(in the case of a route, road or street) Major, important.
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A through road.
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Arterial Sentence Examples

  • AC, Arterial canal or foramen.

  • The chief varieties of haemorrhage are arterial, venous and capillary.

  • It is not surprising that with so highly developed an arterial system Limulus and Scorpio should have a highly developed mechanism for determining the flow of blood to the respiratory organs.

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

  • The blood sample is obtained by arterial puncture, usually in the wrist or arm or from an arterial puncture, usually in the wrist or arm or from an arterial line already in place.

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