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Arterialization

Ar-teˊri-al-i-za′tion

,
Noun.
(Physiol.)
The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; – called also
aëration
and
hematosis
.

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arterialization

arterialization

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Noun

arterialization (plural arterializations)

  1. (physiology) The conversion of venous blood into arterial blood (by absorption of oxygen in the lungs)

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