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arterialize

 

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Verb arterialize has 1 sense
  1. arterialize, arterialise - change venous blood into arterial blood
    --1 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something

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Term: arterialize

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: To make or become arterial or similar to an artery in structure or function.

Sense 1: To supply blood to an area through an artery.

Example sentence: The surgeon arterialized the heart by connecting the aorta to the coronary arteries.

Sense 2: To convert venous blood flow into arterial blood flow.

Example sentence: The procedure involved arterializing the leg veins for better oxygenation.

Sense 3: To oxygenate blood artificially.

Example sentence: The patient required a machine to arterialize his blood during surgery.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Describing something with characteristics similar to an artery.

Sense 1: Related to or resembling an artery.

Example sentence: The arterialized blood vessels were clearly visible in the X-ray image.

Part of Speech: Adverb

Definition: In a manner related to an artery or blood flow.

Sense 1: In a way resembling arterial functioning.

Example sentence: The blood flowed arterialize through the newly created bypass.

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