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arterialize
CIDE DICTIONARY
arterialize, v. t.
To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
arterialize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 convert venous into arterial (blood) by reoxygenation esp. in the lungs.
2 provide with an arterial system.
1 convert venous into arterial (blood) by reoxygenation esp. in the lungs.
2 provide with an arterial system.
Derivative
arterialization n.
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