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ar·te·ri·al | \ är-ˈtir-ē-əl 
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\Definition of arterial
(Entry 1 of 2)
arterial
nounDefinition of arterial (Entry 2 of 2)
: a through street or highway
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Other Words from arterial
Adjective
arterially \ är-ˈtir-ē-ə-lē \ adverb
\ adverbSynonyms for arterial
Synonyms: Noun
- artery,
- avenue,
- boulevard,
- carriageway
- [British],
- drag,
- drive,
- expressway,
- freeway,
- high road,
- highway,
- pass,
- pike,
- road,
- roadway,
- route,
- row,
- street,
- thoroughfare,
- thruway,
- trace,
- turnpike,
- way
Examples of arterial in a Sentence
Noun
one of the main arterials connecting the airport with the city
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective The other thing that people have described as well is people who present with acute limb ischemia (a blockage), which is obviously an arterial problem.
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Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio vascular expert explains how coronavirus, COVID-19, can cause blood clots and stroke, even in young people," 9 July 2020 The most common vascular complication that people with COVID-19 get is not arterial.
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Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio vascular expert explains how coronavirus, COVID-19, can cause blood clots and stroke, even in young people," 9 July 2020 Karantonis is also the former executive director of the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, which pushed unsuccessfully for a streetcar along that arterial street.
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Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, "Democrat wins Arlington race to fill empty seat on county board," 8 July 2020 Access to the town was effectively halted while firefighters battled the Bush Fire that forced the closure of State Route 87, a highway also known as the Beeline, that serves as the town's arterial thruway.
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Justin Price, The Arizona Republic, "'It's been really hard:' Payson community tries to move forward after Bush Fire," 25 June 2020 His arterial line began to clot, suggesting coagulation problems that have been a hallmark of the disease.
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Tarena Lofton, CNN, "'Healthy' teenager who took precautions died suddenly of Covid-19," 19 June 2020 Placing arterial lines to monitor blood pressure is also challenging.
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Emily Bamforth, cleveland, "A day on the coronavirus floor with MetroHealth doctors and nurses (photos)," 28 Apr. 2020 Traditional automated blood pressure cuffs inflate to restrict blood flow in your arm, and, as the cuff releases the pressure, arterial pulsations are measured with a pressure sensor.
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Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active2 can monitor your blood pressure," 21 Apr. 2020 The agency used travel time and speed data from the analytics company INRIX to measure congestion on all major freeways and most of the arterial streets in Maricopa County before and after the COVID-19 shutdown.
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Erin Stone, azcentral, "Air pollution levels ease as people stay home, but heat could reverse the trend," 13 Apr. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The bulk of pedestrian deaths nationally, 59%, occurred on major arterials — in the Portland region, that’s streets like 82nd Avenue, Tualatin Valley Highway or McLoughlin Boulevard.
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oregonlive, "Pedestrian traffic deaths spike to highest level since 1988 last year, report finds," 27 Feb. 2020 The proposed speed limits are: 40 mph on arterials where there are low bicycle and pedestrian activity.
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Paulina Pineda, azcentral, "Tempe may lower its speed limits. The idea is to keep you safer," 20 Nov. 2019 NETs can also worsen arterial plaques by promoting inflammation, cell biologist Venizelos Papayannopoulos of the Francis Crick Institute in London and colleagues found in 2015.
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Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, "New drugs aim to disarm the immune system’s ‘atomic bomb’ cells," 5 Mar. 2020 Outer Division, the wide arterial broadly from 82nd Avenue east to Gresham city limit, will see particular changes.
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oregonlive, "TriMet celebrates $175 million Division bus project’s beginning; leaders pledge ‘it will pay off’," 24 Jan. 2020 The video shows Kidd riding over one of the street’s speed bumps, infrastructure designed to slow down cars and to dissuade drivers who typically use neighborhood streets to get around busier arterials.
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Andrew Theen | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, "Unipiper hit while riding – on 2 wheels - on SE Portland bike-friendly street," 13 Dec. 2019 The noninvasive procedure, called reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry, measures blood flow to the fingers during blood pressure inflation and release.
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Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, "Common early sign of cardiovascular disease also may indicate cancer risk, study finds," 1 Nov. 2019 Both the neighborhood roads and the major arterials are full of potholes, cracks and spot repairs for problems where a total resurfacing should have been applied.
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baltimoresun.com, "Letter: Howard County has its priorities wrong on transportation upkeep, repair," 15 Oct. 2019 Currently, the average speed limit on arterial streets is between 35 to 45 mph.
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Paulina Pineda, azcentral, "Tempe may lower its speed limits. The idea is to keep you safer," 20 Nov. 2019
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adjectivear·te·ri·al | \ är-ˈtir-ē-əl \
\Medical Definition of arterial
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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