arterial

adj, noun — 3 senses

arterial

adj

Etymology From artery + -al.

1

Of or relating to an artery.

2

Of a route Major, important.

Derived terms
36 termsalloarterial, alveoloarterial, arterial blood gas, arterial bulb, arterial gland, arterialisation, arterialise, arterialization, arterialize, arterial line, arterially, arterial road, arterial route, arterial street, bronchoarterial, cardioarterial, cerebroarterial, endarterial, endoarterial, eparterial, hyparterial, interarterial, intraarterial, microarterial, musculoarterial, neuromyoarterial, nonarterial, paraarterial, periarterial, subarterial, transarterial, valvuloarterial, venoarterial, ventriculoarterial, vertebrarterial, vertebroarterial

arterial

noun

Etymology From artery + -al.

1

A high-capacity urban road.

  • Arterial ends here.
Hyponyms
arterial road, arterial route, arterial street
Coordinate terms
major thoroughfare, stroad, urban boulevard

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