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Arterialize

Ar-te′ri-al-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Arterialized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Arterializing
.]
To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.

Definition 2024


arterialize

arterialize

English

Verb

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

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

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