arterialize

transitive verb

ar·te·ri·al·ize

variants also British arterialise

är-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz

arterialized also British arterialised; arterializing also British arterialising

: to transform (venous blood) into arterial blood by oxygenation

arterialization

-ˌtir-ē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən

noun

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