Arterialization

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arterialization \Ar*te`ri*al*i*za"tion\, n. (Physiol.)
     The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood
     during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed
     and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also {a["e]ration} and
     {hematosis}.
     [1913 Webster]