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Arterialize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To convert (venous blood) into bright red arterial blood by absorption of oxygen in the lungs.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To convert (venous blood) into arterial blood by the action of oxygen in the lungs. Also spelled arterialise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. change venous blood into arterial blood

Word Usage

"My observation leads me to the contrary, that the higher the temperature the more rapid the breathing to get clear of the excess of carbon, and hence more oxygenation of the blood which will arterialize the venous blood, unless there is a large amount of carbonized matter from the tissues to be taken up."

Verb Form

arterialized arterializing

Hypernym

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Form

arterialized arterializing