arterial

Definition of Arterial in English :

1. arterial

of or involving or contained in the arteries

Example Sentences:
'arterial disease'
'the arterial system'
'arterial blood'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Arterial

adjective

1.

of, relating to, or affecting an artery or arteries

arterial disease

2.

denoting or relating to the usually bright red reoxygenated blood returning from the lungs or gills that circulates in the arteries

3.

being a major route, esp one with many minor branches

an arterial road

adjective

1.

of or like an artery or arteries

2.

designating or of the blood in the arteries, which has been oxygenated in the lungs or gills and is brighter red than that in the veins

3.

of or being a main road or channel with many branches

adj.

1. Of, like, or in an artery or arteries.

2. Of, relating to, or being the blood in the arteries that has absorbed oxygen in the lungs and is bright red.

3. Being a main road or channel with many branches: an arterial highway; an arterial route.

n.

A through road or street.