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arterial, a.|ɑːˈtɪərɪəl|
[a. F. artérial (16th c.), mod. artériel: see artery and -al1.]
1. Of, belonging to, or of the nature of, an artery. arterial vein (obs.): the pulmonary artery.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg., One parte called veyne arteryall goth to nourysshe the lunges. 1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits vi. (1616) 87 The naturall heat that is in the vitall spirits, and the arteriall bloud run forthwith to the head. 1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 405 Examines the arterial Pulsation of its left Foreleg. 1743tr. Heister's Surg. 292 Diminished Resistance in the arterial coats. 1872Huxley Phys. iv. 75 The scarlet blood is commonly known as arterial.
2. Resembling an artery in having a main channel of communication with many branches. arterial drainage: a system of drains ramifying like an artery (objection has been taken to this term on the ground that the flow through such a system of drains is in the opposite direction to that of the arterial system of the body, and really identical with the current in the veins). Applied esp. to main roads or lines of transport or communication. Also as n., an arterial road.
1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. vii, Venous-arterial circulation of Letters. 1841G. Deane (title) A plea for an Arterial Drainage. 1865Chr. Misc. & Family Visitor Ser. ii. XI. 154/1 The termini of the different trunk or arterial railways. 1867Morn. Star 12 Mar., The Great Southern and Western Railway..a great arterial line. 1898Daily News 17 Nov. 4/4 He urged that wide arterial improvements of the streets were needed. 1920Act 10 & 11 Geo. V c. 57 §2 Land required for or in connection with the construction of any arterial road. 1932H. Nicolson Public Faces xii. 310 Jane Campbell..sped along the Kent arterial. |
