ARTERIALIZE

arterialize, arterialise

(verb) change venous blood into arterial blood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

arterialize (third-person singular simple present arterializes, present participle arterializing, simple past and past participle arterialized)

(physiology) To convert venous blood into arterial blood (by the absorption of oxygen in the lungs)

Source: Wiktionary


Ar*te"ri*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arterialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Arterializing.]

Definition: To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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