: a through street or highway
Examples of arterial in a Sentence
Noun
one of the main arterials connecting the airport with the city
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Adjective
Diagnostic confusion To make things even harder, disease signs caused by other worms, like the arterial worm Elaeophora schneideri, look similar to brain worm and can affect Minnesota moose.
—Jessie Richards, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Days later, Luka got an arterial line infection, causing septic shock.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
Instead, along the way, the load may be highjacked and end up in the arterial wall.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
Barbabella said that there was no evidence of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease, and that all laboratory testing results were within normal limits.
—Jenna Sundel
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Arterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arterial. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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arterial
adjective
ar·te·ri·al
är-ˈtir-ē-əl 
1
: of or relating to an artery
2
: relating to or being the bright red blood present in most arteries that has been oxygenated in lungs or gills compare venous sense 3
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