arterialize

Questions about arterialize

What does arterialize mean?

arterialize means "change venous blood into arterial blood".

How many syllables are in arterialize?

arterialize has 5 syllables: ar-te-ri-a-lize. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for arterialize?

Close synonyms include arterialise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arterialize a common word?

arterialize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.