Arterialize

2 definitions found

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

  Arterialize \Ar*te"ri*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Arterialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arterializing}.]
     To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by
     exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arterialize
       v : change venous blood into arterial blood [syn: {arterialise}]