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Examples of arterial in a Sentence
Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
The arterial wounds eventually decay and develop extensive amounts of dead tissue.
—Julie Roskamp, STAT, 24 Nov. 2023
The trial subjects were at very high risk for subsequent cardiovascular events with 68% having had a previous heart attack, 82% with coronary artery disease, and the remainder with prior stroke or peripheral arterial disease or a combination of these study entry criteria.
—Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Some providers recommend that patients who are at high risk of heart disease take a low daily dose of either coated or non-coated aspirin to help prevent arterial blood clots.
—Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2023
Another is based on analysis of the shape and amplitude of the pulse wave, which is the pressure wave depicting the propagation of the blood pumped by the heart through the entire arterial tree, and whose characteristics depend in part on the rigidity of the artery walls.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
Rothblatt became interested in transplants when her six-year-old daughter was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a lung disease that can be progressive and is sometimes fatal.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
This decreases the pressure exerted by the blood on the arterial walls.
—Amber Sayer, Health, 25 Sep. 2023
While its primary purpose in modern society is to treat ED, Viagra has also been shown to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, and in some cases, prescribed off-label for symptoms of Raynaud's phenomenon.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
A number of different conditions can lead to cardiac arrest: arrhythmic causes [relating to an irregular heartbeat], arterial causes [when the arteries can’t provide enough blood to the heart], heart muscle causes.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
The plans are also boosting the chances that the state will someday punch a key east-west access road, Clubhouse Drive, through the center of Thanksgiving Point and its top-class golf course — after lawmakers took over the commuter arterial along State Route 92 in 2022.
—Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 July 2023
And still, city data show that median ambulance response times in Boston for the most life-threatening emergencies — cardiac arrest, arterial bleeds, an unconscious person — was just under 8 minutes in May.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
There are two major types of circulation problems: restrictions in the blood flow going to an area (arterial), and away from it (venous).
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 12 June 2023
In rare instances, neck movements can lead to cervicocephalic arterial dissection and then stroke.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
Principal arterials, freeways and expressways made up more than 36% of the total.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
The Red and Orange lines are the major arterials heading to the northern and southern suburbs, and the Blue Line carries passengers from downtown to Logan International Airport across the harbor.
—Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Adjective
Middle English, borrowed from Middle French and Medieval Latin; Middle French arterial, borrowed from Medieval Latin artēriālis, from Latin artēria — more at artery + -ālis -al entry 1
Noun
noun derivative of arterial entry 1
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
1920, in the meaning defined above
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“Arterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arterial. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.
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