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to arterialize

to arterialize

9.9
To make blood from veins rich in oxygen so it becomes like blood in arteries
  • verb
  • /ˌɑːrtəˈriːəlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : arterializar
  • To maintain proper oxygen levels, the body must arterialize the blood before it circulates to vital organs.

Examples

  • Arterialized capillary blood gas analysis can be done in either the hospital setting or in the community.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Doctors use a special technique to arterialize blood during surgeries to ensure it is oxygen-rich.

  • The process of arterialize venous blood occurs in the lungs, where it absorbs oxygen.

Synonyms

to oxygenize
vsto arterialize
  • Specialized
7.3

To add oxygen to something like water or blood to help living things

refers specifically to turning venous blood into arterial blood by oxygenation

How Oxygenated

to arterialize
  • Specialized
9.9
to oxygenate
  • Specialized
7 5.8
to deoxygenate
  • Specialized
1 8.1

Surface Forms

arterialize infinitive
arterialized past
arterialized past participle
arterializing present participle
arterializes third person singular

Morphology

arterialize = arterial (transparent) = arterial + ize

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ize' to the adjective 'arterial', meaning 'to make or become arterial'; the derivation is straightforward though the verb is a medical specialist term.

Etymology

Arterialize comes from the word artery, a blood vessel that carries 'oxygen-rich blood', plus the verb ending -ize, which means 'make'. So to arterialize is to 'make like an artery' — that is, to change 'venous blood', meaning 'blood that returns to the heart', into oxygen-rich arterial blood.