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ARTERIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or involving or contained in the arteries
Example:
arterial blood
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Derivation:
artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Context examples:
A radiologic finding indicating the presence of new vessels on arterial phase imaging within or surrounding a lesion.
(Arterial Hypervascularization, NCI Thesaurus)
The layer of cells that lines the arterial system.
(Arterial System Endothelium, NCI Thesaurus)
This results in arterial vasoconstriction and increased uterine smooth muscle contractions.
(Methylergonovine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)
An arteritis characterized by the presence of inflammation and necrosis in the arterial wall.
(Necrotizing Arteritis, NCI Thesaurus)
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) happens when there is a narrowing of the blood vessels outside of your heart.
(Peripheral Arterial Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
For a SubstanceAdministration, targetAnatomicSiteCode = coronary artery, approachAnatomicSiteCode = groin, routeOfAdministrationCode = intra-arterial.
(Performed Substance Administration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
This includes the mesenteric arteries, the renal arteries and the aorta and excludes cerebrovascular arterial disease.
(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
The arterial occlusion results in chronic or acute pain usually in the lower limbs due to muscle ischemia.
(Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
A cardiopulmonary disorder characterized by systemic arterial hypoxemia secondary to pulmonary hypertension and extrapulmonary right to left shunting across the foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus.
(Persistent Fetal Circulation, NCI Thesaurus)
Furthermore, this agent causes arterial and venous bed dilation in a dose-dependent manner.
(Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate, NCI Thesaurus)
