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dearterialize

dearterialize verb: to decrease the amount of arterial blood in favor of venous blood.

Verb

dearterialize (third-person singular simple present dearterializes, present participle dearterializing, simple past and past participle dearterialized)

  1. To decrease the amount of arterial blood in favor of venous blood.
  2. To reduce the amount of arteries.

Forms of dearterialize

third-person singular presentdearterializes
present participledearterializing
past participledearterialized
pastdearterialized

Origin of dearterialize

From de- + arterialize.

Words formed from dearterialize

Questions about dearterialize

What does dearterialize mean?
Dearterialize means to decrease the amount of arterial blood in favor of venous blood.
What part of speech is dearterialize?
Dearterialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dearterialize?
The past tense of dearterialize is dearterialized.

Words near dearterialize in the dictionary

  1. dearsenicator
  2. dearsenicators
  3. dearsome
  4. dearterialization
  5. dearterializations
  6. dearterialize
  7. dearth
  8. dearthful
  9. dearthier
  10. dearths
  11. dearthy

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