arterial
being or constituting a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access, often with many branches: an arterial highway; an arterial drainage system.
a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access: funds to resurface the main arterials of the city.
Origin of arterial
1Other words from arterial
- ar·te·ri·al·ly, adverb
- non·ar·te·ri·al, adjective
- post·ar·te·ri·al, adjective
Words Nearby arterial
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How to use arterial in a sentence
Especially for people with Type 2 diabetes who are at high risk for heart or arterial disease, he says that these new drugs seem to be a big upgrade over previous medications.
These New Developments Could Make Living With Type 2 Diabetes More Manageable | Markham Heid | July 15, 2022 | TimeHe had four major surgeries to repair arterial damage, broken bones, and spinal cord damage, and then he spent another 10 months in the hospital and rehab before returning home.
Inventing soft things to solve hard problems | Mark Roth | February 23, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewMany highways appeared to be plowed and pretreated, but snow was piling up on major arterials and side roads, according to traffic cameras.
After 2 to 4 inches of snow, an icy night ahead in D.C. area. Snow showers possible Monday. | Jason Samenow, Dan Stillman, Andrew Freedman | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostMany highways in the Washington area were plowed and pretreated, but traffic cameras showed snow piled up on some major arterials and side roads.
D.C. area’s biggest snowstorm in two years brings slick roads, but much-needed respite | Katherine Shaver, Emily Davies, Lauren Lumpkin | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostOver time, the theory goes, inflammation causes trouble—plaques and less pliable arterial walls.
Heavy lacerations, arterial bleeding, left leg and left arm.
Friends on the Line: Excerpt from Brian Mockenhaupt’s “The Living and the Dead” | Brian Mockenhaupt | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBy respiration the black venous blood is transformed into red arterial blood and regenerated.
Urania | Camille FlammarionHe knew, also, that the pulmonary veins conducted arterial blood, and that the pericardium was a shut sac.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkIn 1687 Cowper saw the passage of the arterial into the venous current in the mesentery of a cat.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkA sample of the dog's arterial blood contained ten per cent of acetylene.
The heart has a pair of venous ostia, often blending into one, and an anterior arterial aorta.
British Dictionary definitions for arterial
/ (ɑːˈtɪərɪəl) /
of, relating to, or affecting an artery or arteries: arterial disease
denoting or relating to the usually bright red reoxygenated blood returning from the lungs or gills that circulates in the arteries
being a major route, esp one with many minor branches: an arterial road
Derived forms of arterial
- arterially, adverb
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