ARTERIAL

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.

2.
a.

Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad. Arterial blood, blood which has been changed and vitalized (arterialized) during passage through the lungs.