- pertaining to the blood in the pulmonary vein, in the left side of the heart, and in most arteries, having been oxygenated during its passage through the lungs and being normally bright red.
- of, relating to, or resembling the arteries.
- being or constituting a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access, often with many branches: an arterial highway; an arterial drainage system.
- a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access: funds to resurface the main arterials of the city.
- of, relating to, or affecting an artery or arteries
- denoting or relating to the usually bright red reoxygenated blood returning from the lungs or gills that circulates in the arteries
- being a major route, esp one with many minor branches
