Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Arterial"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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