: a through street or highway
Examples of arterial in a Sentence
Noun
one of the main arterials connecting the airport with the city
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Mark Hay, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, the fee is supposed to go towards such things as helping build a new interchange on Highway 50, a major arterial four miles away by the nearest road.
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Adjective
Brighten it for a fresh oxygen-rich arterial spurt.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
Resistance Training Light resistance training helps build muscle, improve metabolism, and reduce arterial stiffness over time, according to Lander.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
Reading a separate memo from Barbabella, Leavitt said Trump had no symptoms of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
Indeed, the fee is supposed to go towards such things as helping build a new interchange on Highway 50, a major arterial four miles away by the nearest road.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Arterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arterial. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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arterial
adjective
ar·te·ri·al
är-ˈtir-ē-əl 
1
: of or relating to an artery
2
: relating to or being the bright red blood present in most arteries that has been oxygenated in lungs or gills compare venous sense 3
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