adjective
- converted into or having the characteristics of arterial blood; oxygenated
Usage: medical/physiological term; chiefly British spelling (American: arterialized)
verb
- past tense and past participle of arterialise; to convert venous blood into arterial blood through oxygenation
Usage: medical/physiological term; chiefly British spelling (American: arterialized)
Examples
- The lungs arterialised the blood before it was pumped throughout the body.
- Arterialised blood carries oxygen to tissues and organs.
- The patient's arterialised oxygen levels improved after treatment.
- During respiration, venous blood becomes arterialised in the lungs.
- The arterialised sample was sent to the laboratory for analysis.