ARTERIAL BLOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arterial blood mean? 

• ARTERIAL BLOOD (noun)
  The noun ARTERIAL BLOOD has 1 sense:

1. blood found in arteries

  Familiarity information: ARTERIAL BLOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIAL BLOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blood found in arteries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Context example:

except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen

Hypernyms ("arterial blood" is a kind of...):

blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)

 Context examples 

A device designed to measure oxygen saturation in arterial blood.

(Oximeter Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Enlargement and ballooning of the vessel that supplies arterial blood to the abdomen, pelvis and legs.

(Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, NCI Thesaurus)

The target organ receives only the fraction of drug corresponding to the fraction of received arterial blood.

(Intravenous infusion, NCI Thesaurus)

Status of decreased oxygen in inspired gases, arterial blood, or tissues. — 2003

(Hypoxic, NCI Thesaurus)

This test may include other test such as pulse oximetry for the measurement of arterial blood oxygen levels.

(Inspired Oxygen Fraction Test, NCI Thesaurus)

An abnormally high hydrogen ion concentration (umbilical arterial blood pH less than 7 or a base deficit of greater than or equal to 12 mmol/L) in fetal blood or tissue.

(Fetal Acidosis, NCI Thesaurus)

This results in dilatation of systemic arteries, a decrease in systemic vascular resistance and so a decrease in arterial blood pressure.

(Clevidipine Butyrate Injectable Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

A mixture of arterial blood, venous blood and interstitial fluid, which is found in the capillaries.

(Capillary Blood, NCI Thesaurus)

The blood vessel that supplies the breast and the anterior chest wall with arterial blood.

(Internal Mammary Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Sudden cessation of the pumping function of the heart, with disappearance of arterial blood pressure, connoting either ventricular fibrillation or ventricular standstill.

(Cardiac Arrest, Food and Drug Administration)