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arterialize

arterialize verb: to convert venous blood into arterial blood (by the absorption of oxygen in the lungs).

Verb

arterialize (third-person singular simple present arterializes, present participle arterializing, simple past and past participle arterialized)

  1. To convert venous blood into arterial blood (by the absorption of oxygen in the lungs)

Forms of arterialize

third-person singular presentarterializes
present participlearterializing
past participlearterialized
pastarterialized

Origin of arterialize

From arterial + -ize.

Words formed from arterialize

Questions about arterialize

What does arterialize mean?
Arterialize means to convert venous blood into arterial blood (by the absorption of oxygen in the lungs).
What part of speech is arterialize?
Arterialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of arterialize?
The past tense of arterialize is arterialized.

Words near arterialize in the dictionary

  1. arterialised
  2. arterialises
  3. arterialising
  4. arterialization
  5. arterializations
  6. arterialize
  7. arterialized
  8. arterializes
  9. arterializing
  10. arterially
  11. arterials

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