verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To convert venous blood into arterial blood (by the absorption of oxygen in the lungs)
2. 2
   change venous blood into arterial blood wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

arterialise

Etymology

From arterial + -ize.

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