v. [f. ARTERIAL + -IZE; cf. F. artérialiser.]
1. To convert venous into arterial (blood) by exposure to oxygen in the lungs. Hence Arterialized ppl. a.
1833. Roget, in Tweedie’s Cycl. Pract. Med., I. 178/2. The arterialized blood.
1858. H. Gray, Anat., 630. The blood, arterialized by its passage through the lungs, is returned to the left side of the heart by the pulmonary veins.
2. To furnish with an arterial system. Also transf.
1881. Palgrave, Vis. Eng., 2. Her hand With network mile-paths binding plain and hill, Arterialized the land.
