Arterial sclerosis


arterial sclerosis

arterial sclerosis n.
See arteriosclerosis.

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    to convert (venous blood) into blood by the action of oxygen in the lungs. verb (transitive) to change (venous blood) into arterial blood by replenishing the depleted oxygen to vascularize (tissues) to provide with arteries

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    to convert (venous blood) into blood by the action of oxygen in the lungs. verb (transitive) to change (venous blood) into arterial blood by replenishing the depleted oxygen to vascularize (tissues) to provide with arteries

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    Physiology. pertaining to the blood in the pulmonary vein, in the left side of the heart, and in most , having been oxygenated during its passage through the lungs and being normally bright red. Anatomy. of, relating to, or resembling the . being or constituting a main route, channel, or other course of flow or […]


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