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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
arterial
adjective
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■ NOUN
blood
▪ We have not studied whether indomethacin affects arterial blood flow.
▪ However, an exact diagnosis can only be made by obtaining the arterial blood gas values.
▪ Somatostatin is known to reduce splanchnic blood flow without modifying systemic arterial blood pressure.
▪ The next step is to obtain arterial blood gas measurements.
▪ The 2 groups had similar ages, arterial blood gases, and spirometry.
▪ In such arteriovenous malformations, much of the oxygenated arterial blood is shunted directly into the veins without ever traversing the capillaries.
▪ Intense though Emily Dickinson was, Emily had never experienced the spume and spray of arterial blood.
▪ Whether these are actually present is then determined by considering the electrolytes and arterial blood gas measurement.
disease
▪ This can happen with chronic diabetes or arterial disease.
▪ Conclusions Cigarette smoking is a major cause of arterial disease, whether of the heart, brain or legs.
▪ Animal fats and refined sugar contribute to a weight problem and can be a factor in heart and arterial disease.
▪ These symptoms are often the first evidence of advancing arterial disease.
oxygen
▪ Nineteen of the children who died were hypoxaemic on admission with arterial oxygen saturations ranging from 88% to 40%.
▪ Among children who survived for at least five days arterial oxygen saturation on admission ranged from 41% to 98%.
▪ The arterial oxygen saturation and pulse rate of all patients were monitored by pulse oximetry before and during the procedure.
▪ Comparison of mean arterial oxygen saturation between the groups showed significantly higher levels in the nasal oxygen group throughout the procedure.
▪ Directly measured tissue oxygen tension and arterial oxygen tension assess tissue perfusion.
pressure
▪ Mean arterial pressure was the most important variable to adjust for between the two groups.
▪ All patients had continuous monitoring of arterial pressure and urine output.
▪ The variability in mean arterial pressure within and between subjects was 4% and 6% respectively.
▪ In the intensive care unit the patient was managed with central venous pressure monitoring and direct arterial pressure monitoring.
road
▪ Driving-related report, however, was highest in shopping areas, then arterial roads, and lowest in residential areas.
▪ As early as 1913 a conference was held of all local authorities in Greater London to plan comprehensively for arterial roads.
▪ To get to their house you drive down arterial roads lined with buildings that are neither warehouses nor shops.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Animal fats and refined sugar contribute to a weight problem and can be a factor in heart and arterial disease.
▪ By instigating a calcium deficiency inside the cells, the drugs cause muscles lining arterial walls to relax.
▪ Does the arterial blood gas fit with simple compensation, or is a mixed disorder present? 5.
▪ However, an exact diagnosis can only be made by obtaining the arterial blood gas values.
▪ Is there anything uglier in the whole landscape than an arterial by-pass road, except an airfield?
▪ One client from each surgery had bilateral ulceration but clients with critical limb ischaemia and arterial ulceration were not included.
▪ This can happen with chronic diabetes or arterial disease.
▪ Unlike Chan etal, we found no significant relation between alcohol consumption and arterial P co 2.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arterial

Arterial \Ar*te"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. art['e]riel.]

  1. Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.

  2. Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.

    Arterial blood, blood which has been changed and vitalized (arterialized) during passage through the lungs.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
arterial

early 15c., from French artérial (Modern French artériel), from Latin arteria; see artery.

Wiktionary
arterial

a. 1 Of or relating to an artery. 2 (''in the case of a route, road or street'') Major, important n. A through road.

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WordNet
arterial

adj. of or involving or contained in the arteries; "arterial disease"; "the arterial system"; "arterial blood"

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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.