Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, like, or in an artery or arteries.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being the blood in the arteries that has absorbed oxygen in the lungs and is bright red.
- adjective Being a main road or channel with many branches.
- noun A through road or street.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to an artery or to the arteries: as, arterial action.
- Contained in an artery: as, arterial blood.
- Having a main channel and many branches or ramifications, like the arteries: as, arterial drainage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries
- adjective Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.
- adjective blood which has been changed and vitalized (arterialized) during passage through the lungs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to an
artery . - adjective Of or relating to a route, major.
- noun A through
road .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or involving or contained in the arteries
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Examples
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The ad says the drink leads to a "30% decrease in arterial plaque" and "17% improved blood flow."
Regulator Sues Pomegranate Juice Maker Alicia Mundy 2010
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The bus driver was speeding down a side street and ran full force across a main arterial, again against a light.
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One can conclude from this and from many other analogous facts that, when appreciable capillary dilation occurs, it cannot be because of a simple rise in arterial blood pressure but must depend on change in condition of the capillary walls - a relaxation of their contractile elements.
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Thus an increase in arterial pressure in the internal carotid stimulates a number of nerve terminals in the walls of the sinus and produces a reflex which is transmitted by the ninth pair of cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerves, and reaches the territories of the vagus and vaso-motor nerves.
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The second group as a main arterial road was somewhat more, but less than average, intersectional interference and the third could be classified as a more ordinary arterial road.
Planning for Transportation in the Metropolitan Community 1959
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It is a technique he refers to as "arterial splatter": an ex-girlfriend's father coined the phrase.
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In 1999, Lewitzky’s lower right leg was amputated due to long term arterial disease which had contributed to the end of her performing career in 1978.
Bella Lewitzky. 2009
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The surgery, known as the arterial switch operation, is typically performed within a few days of birth.
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In the study, which tracked children ages 3 to 18, arterial stiffness was determined by a test called arterial pulse wave velocity that was taken in adulthood, ages 30 to 45.
Predicting Heart Health in Children Ron Winslow 2010
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The cerebral arteries are derived from the internal carotid and vertebral, which at the base of the brain form a remarkable anastomosis known as the arterial circle of Willis.
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