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Definition of Arterial blood
1. Noun. Blood found in arteries. "Except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen"
Medical Definition of Arterial blood
1. Blood that is oxygenated in the lungs, found in the left chambers of the heart and in the arteries, and relatively bright red. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arterial Blood
Literary usage of Arterial blood
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.) (1847)
"The change from venous to arterial blood, which takes place on the ... What now
are the relations between venous and arterial blood and oxygen gas! ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"As it leaves the right ventricle it is venous blood of a dark purple or maroon
colour; when it falls into the left auricle it is arterial blood of a bright ..."
3. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"I AHE conditions determining the circulation rate, that is, the -*- volume of
the arterial blood stream, present a problem of extraordinary significance. ..."
4. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"THE OXYGEN TENSION OF arterial blood. By JOHN HALDANE, MA, MD, Lecturer in
Physiology, University of Oxford, Grocers' Company Research Scholar; ..."
5. Respiration by John Scott Haldane (1922)
"As a consequence, the arterial blood pressure would either tend to fall too much
to secure ... Excessive rise of arterial blood pressure is guarded against, ..."