: 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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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Mar. 2025
Tracking Other Cardiac Biomarkers With the support of the American Heart Association, my lab is now working on another promising GET application: measuring arterial stiffness and plaque accumulation within arteries, which are both risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2025
David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
In San Antonio, for instance, the city negotiated for years with the Texas DOT to add sidewalks and bike lanes to Broadway, a state arterial with seven lanes.
—David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
This helps check for common complications such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs' arteries).
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Mar. 2025
Tracking Other Cardiac Biomarkers With the support of the American Heart Association, my lab is now working on another promising GET application: measuring arterial stiffness and plaque accumulation within arteries, which are both risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
But much of its route runs along East Washington, an arterial managed by Wisconsin, and the state transportation department prevented Madison from making the entire BRT lane bus-only during rush hour.
—David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
In San Antonio, for instance, the city negotiated for years with the Texas DOT to add sidewalks and bike lanes to Broadway, a state arterial with seven lanes.
—David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Arterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arterial. Accessed 24 Mar. 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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