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Definition of Arterialize
1. Verb. Change venous blood into arterial blood.
Definition of Arterialize
1. v. t. To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.
Definition of Arterialize
1. Verb. (physiology) To convert venous blood into arterial blood (by the absorption of oxygen in the lungs) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Arterialize
1. To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial. Origin: Arterialized; Arterializing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arterialize
Literary usage of Arterialize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1833)
"So also no confidence was placed in any medicines said to arterialize the blood,
such as the saline medicines recommended by Dr. STEVENS, formerly of Santa ..."
2. Scribners Monthly (1878)
"... and the development of the lungs, wind-pipe and nostrils up to a point that
will enable them to supply copious draughts of air to arterialize the blood ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"... the danger would be imminent from the small quantity of oxygen which could
arrive at the air-cells to arterialize the blood. " The rale muqueux is, ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"... or when the substance as a vapor or gas is taken into the lungs in a quantity
that excludes the required amount of oxygen to arterialize the blood, ..."
5. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"The portion to which the air has access is insufficient properly to arterialize
the blood; the condition requisite to ..."
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