verb
- converting venous blood to arterial blood by oxygenation, typically in the lungs
Usage: medical/physiological term; present participle of arterialize
Examples
- The lungs are responsible for arterializing blood by exchanging carbon dioxide for oxygen.
- During respiration, arterializing occurs as deoxygenated blood passes through the pulmonary capillaries.
- The process of arterializing blood is essential for delivering oxygen to body tissues.
- Impaired lung function can reduce the efficiency of arterializing blood.
- In fetal circulation, the placenta plays a role similar to the lungs in arterializing blood.