Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun arterial_blood

1 sense of arterial blood

Sense 1
arterial blood -- (blood found in arteries; "except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen")
       => blood -- (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions")