1. to convert (venous blood) into arterial blood by oxygenation in the lungs
Usage: medical/physiological term; third person singular present tense of 'arterialize'
2. to make (a road or route) into an artery or main thoroughfare
Usage: chiefly British; urban planning/infrastructure term

Examples

• The lungs arterialize the blood by adding oxygen during respiration.
• When blood passes through the pulmonary capillaries, it arterializes as it picks up oxygen.
• The city council arterializes the old residential street to improve traffic flow.
• Modern urban planning often arterializes secondary roads to create better transportation networks.
• The process by which the heart and lungs arterialize blood is essential to human survival.