arterial

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Arterial means to do with the vessels carrying blood from the heart. Arterial blood, arterial disease, an arterial road.

Arterial blood is bright red because it is carrying oxygen, and bleeding from such a vessel spurts with the heartbeat, which is how it is recognised. An arterial road is a main route through a region, named from exactly the same picture.

Definitions of arterial

1adjectivearterialTo do with the vessels carrying blood from the heart.C1
“The surgeon quickly clamped the arterial bleeding in the patient's leg.”

arterial is a quality.

Where it comes from

Middle English
arterie
English
artery
English, today
arterial

From artery + -al. artery comes from Middle English arterie. Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (“windpipe; artery”).

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arterial in the wild

The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures is known as pulse pressure, while the average pressure during a cardiac cycle is known as mean arterial pressure.
Blood pressure
Blood pressure is influenced by cardiac output, systemic vascular resistance, blood volume, and arterial stiffness.
Blood pressure
An arterial embolus may travel further down the affected blood vessel, where it can lodge as an embolism.
Thrombosis
An arterial blood gas (ABG) test, or arterial blood gas analysis (ABGA) measures the amounts of arterial gases, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Arterial blood gas test
The blood can also be drawn from an arterial catheter.
Arterial blood gas test

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