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Examples of arterial in a Sentence
Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2024
Finally, following approval for their new drug designed treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, Winrevair, shares of Merck are higher in premarket by 4%.
—Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Such problems are not unique to cancer or arterial disease, but extend throughout the whole medical system, said Kathy Giusti, a two-time cancer survivor who co-founded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, which helped discover and bring to market 15 drugs to treat the blood cancer.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
The singer died after being in a coma following emergency surgery for an arterial tear.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
Symptoms of arterial worm in deer A golfball- to grapefruit-sized lump in a deer’s mouth is a classic sign of arterial worm.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
Merck climbed 5% after federal regulators approved its treatment for adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare disease where blood vessels in the lungs thicken and narrow.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
The approval of Merck’s injectable medicine for pulmonary arterial hypertension was widely expected, but the drug’s final label presents an upside for Merck.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 27 Mar. 2024
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare, progressive disease that primary affects women.
—Katie Jennings, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
All vehicles parked on side streets must be on the odd-numbered side of the street by 10 p.m.
To look up arterials visit milwaukee.gov/parkingregulations.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
The rise in pedestrian fatalities has been most pronounced on these arterials, which can combine highway speeds with the cross traffic of more local roads.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
Aurora, an urban highway also known as State Route 99, is one of the city’s main north-south arterials.
—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
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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
Phrases Containing arterial
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“Arterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arterial. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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