Associations to the word «Arterial»

Wiktionary

ARTERIAL, adjective. Of or relating to an artery.
ARTERIAL, adjective. (of a route, road or street) Major, important.
ARTERIAL, noun. A through road.
ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS, noun. A blood test in which a syringe is used to draw a small blood sample from an artery.
ARTERIAL ROAD, noun. A major thoroughfare, particularly one used to provide a large capacity for travelling some distance.
ARTERIAL STREETS, noun. Plural of arterial street

Dictionary definition

ARTERIAL, adjective. Of or involving or contained in the arteries; "arterial disease"; "the arterial system"; "arterial blood".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats