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