arterial

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    of or involving or contained in the arteries

Word Origin

arterial (adj.)
early 15c., from French artérial (Modern French artériel), from Latin arteria; see artery.

Antonym

adj.

venous

Example

1. Hdl protects from arterial disease , it has the opposite function of ldl .
2. If there is too much , ldl can accumulate and cause arterial disease .
3. These traits were also predictive of greater of arterial thickening , sutin 's group found .
4. The researchers found that smoking dropped their arterial responsiveness by another 24 percent compared to before they smoked .
5. The study findings showed older tai chi practitioners have better arterial compliance and knee muscle strength than their healthy counterparts .

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