arterial

English

Etymology

From artery +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

arterial (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to an artery.
2. (of a route, road or street) Major, important.

Derived terms

• alloarterial
• alveoloarterial
• arterial blood gas
• arterial bulb
• arterial gland
• arterialise
• arterialization
• arterialize
• arterial line
• arterially
• arterial road
• arterial street
• bronchoarterial
• cardioarterial
• cerebroarterial
• endarterial
• endoarterial
• eparterial
• hyparterial
• interarterial
• intraarterial
• microarterial
• musculoarterial
• neuromyoarterial
• nonarterial
• paraarterial
• periarterial
• subarterial
• transarterial
• valvuloarterial
• venoarterial
• ventriculoarterial
• vertebrarterial
• vertebroarterial

 

Translations

relating to an artery

• Asturian: arterial (ast)
• Catalan: arterial (ca)
• Finnish: valtimollinen
• French: artériel (fr)
• Galician: arterial (gl)
• German: arteriell (de)
• Hungarian: artériás (hu)
• Ido: arteriala (io)
• Irish: artaireach
• Italian: arteriale
• Polish: tętniczy (pl) m, arterialny (pl), arteryjny
• Portuguese: arterial (pt)
• Punjabi: ਧਮਣੀ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ (dhamṇī sambandhī)
• Russian: артериа́льный (ru) (arteriálʹnyj)
• Spanish: arterial (es)
• Swedish: arteriell (sv)
• Welsh: rhedwelïol

Noun

arterial (plural arterials)

1. A high-capacity urban road.

   Arterial ends here.

Asturian

Adjective

arterial (epicene, plural arteriales)

1. arterial

Catalan

Etymology

From artèria +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.tə.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.te.ɾiˈal]

Adjective

arterial m or f (masculine and feminine plural arterials)

1. arterial

Further reading

• “arterial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Adjective

arterial m or f (plural arteriais)

1. arterial

Interlingua

Adjective

arterial (not comparable)

1. arterial, pertaining to the arteries

Portuguese

Etymology

From artéria +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [ah.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.teˈɾjaw/ [ah.teˈɾjaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [ah.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.teˈɾjaw/ [ah.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [aɾ.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aɾ.teˈɾjaw/ [aɾ.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [aχ.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.teˈɾjaw/ [aχ.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [aɻ.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aɻ.teˈɾjaw/ [aɻ.teˈɾjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjal/ [ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjal/ [ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.tɨˈɾja.li/

• Hyphenation: ar‧te‧ri‧al

Adjective

arterial m or f (plural arteriais, not comparable)

1. arterial

Derived terms

• arterial

Further reading

• “arterial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French artériel.

Adjective

arterial m or n (feminine singular arterială, masculine plural arteriali, feminine and neuter plural arteriale)

1. arterial

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	arterial		arterială		arteriali	arteriale
	definite	arterialul		arteriala		arterialii	arterialele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	arterial		arteriale		arteriali	arteriale
	definite	arterialului		arterialei		arterialilor	arterialelor

Spanish

Etymology

From arteria +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾteˈɾjal/ [aɾ.t̪eˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ar‧te‧rial

Adjective

arterial m or f (masculine and feminine plural arteriales)

1. arterial; relating to an artery

   Synonym: arterioso

Derived terms

• presión arterial
• tensión arterial

 

Further reading

• “arterial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28