arterializationn.
/ɑːˌtɪərɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ɑrˌtɪriələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ɑrˌtɪriəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine.
The action of arterialize v.; the state or condition of being arterialized or oxygenated.
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arterialization1800
vascularization1818
1800 J. Burns Diss. Inflammation I. i. 196 There is then this connection betwixt the purification of the blood from carbone and hydrogene, and the arterialization of it, or the furnishing of the vital principle.
1831 Lancet 20 Aug. 649/2 The plan..is to supply this want of arterialisation or oxydation in the blood, by the introduction into the lungs of prepared oxygen gas.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) iv. 76 The arterialization of blood in the lungs seems to be a very mixed process, partly physical, and yet to a certain extent chemical.
1948 Ann. Surg. 128 861 Arterialization of the coronary sinus was accomplished by grafting a systemic artery into the sinus.
2001 Daily Tel. 29 May 9/2 The operation..is called percutaneous-in-situ coronary venous arterialization (PICVA).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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