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arterial
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Word definitions for arterial in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arterial \Ar*te"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. art['e]riel.] Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system. Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad. Arterial blood , blood ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or relating to an artery. 2 (''in the case of a route, road or street'') Major, important n. A through road.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from French artérial (Modern French artériel ), from Latin arteria ; see artery .
Usage examples of arterial.
For example, an anion gap on the electrolyte panel combined with metabolic acidosis on arterial blood gases would prompt an inquiry into ASA, methanol, or ethylene glycol as potential etiologic agents.
Every American, Asian, and European has a 40 percent chance of dying of heart disease, and a 50 percent chance that his or her quality of life will be damaged by arterial aging disease.
But when you realize that arterial aging affects a lot more than the arteries going to your heart, the importance of arterial health becomes clearer.
No food element has been more closely linked to arterial aging than these kinds of fats, found mostly in meats, full-fat dairy products, baked goods, fried fast foods, and palm and coconut oils.
Keeping your mind active keeps arterial aging, immune aging, and even accidents in check, and has a RealAge benefit of making you 1.
A catheterization test was needed, an angiogram to determine the extent of arterial blockage and the damage already done to the heart muscle.
Once I clamped off the bleeders, I had to work through the tiny forest of arterial branches, suturing the torn lymph tissue itself.
Chinese, grotesquely attired, and heavily burdened, came thronging along the well worn trail which led from the arterial highways of the coast.
Sun damage and arterial aging from things such as smoking destroy the elastin and eventually cause wrinkles.
Now it was as though some vandal had hurled cheap emulsion at the canvas: the arterial red leaves of a low-lying maple branch streaked violently from one bank to another, and on the far side, little poplar leaves the exact color of twenty-four carat gold lay strewn over the boulders like pirate treasure.
A poor diet is a major contributor to heart disease, high cholesterol, arterial plaque, and high blood pressure, among other conditions, all of which inhibit blood flow to the penis and negatively impact erectile quality and desire.
He covered the hundred feet uphill in a near-silent panther rush, already close enough to see the sentry pivoting, eyes wide in a filthy, hairy sun-scorched face, blood coughing out between his bearded lips in a bright fan of arterial red.
He had been thrown from the car and lay upon the pavement, a massive, well-muscled individual with a bubbly pneumothorax, heavy arterial bleeding, numerous lesser lacerations, a possibly broken back, and fractured skull.
What is the ideal amount of aspirin you should take to decrease arterial aging?
We believe that homocysteine causes small openings between the endothelial cells that make up the inner lining of your arteries, leading to deterioration of the arterial wall, buildup of plaque, and inflammation.