# arterial
## English
### Etymology

From artery +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

arterial (not comparable)
* Of or relating to an artery.
* (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
### Noun

arterial (plural arterials)
* A high-capacity urban road.
    Arterial ends here.

## Asturian
### Adjective

arterial (epicene, plural arteriales)
* arterial

## Catalan
### Etymology

From artèria +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

arterial m or f (masculine and feminine plural arterials)
* arterial

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Adjective

arterial m or f (plural arteriais)
* arterial

## Interlingua
### Adjective

arterial (not comparable)
* arterial, pertaining to the arteries

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From artéria +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [ah.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.teˈɾjaw/ [ah.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [ah.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.teˈɾjaw/ [ah.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aɾ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [aɾ.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aɾ.teˈɾjaw/ [aɾ.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [aχ.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.teˈɾjaw/ [aχ.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aɻ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [aɻ.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aɻ.teˈɾjaw/ [aɻ.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjal/ [ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjal/ [ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.tɨˈɾja.li/
* Rhymes: -aw, -al
* Hyphenation: ar‧te‧ri‧al

### Adjective

arterial m or f (plural arteriais, not comparable)
* arterial (relating to blood arteries)
* arterial (relating to arterial roads)

#### Related terms

* venoarterial
* via arterial

### Further reading

* “arterial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French artériel.

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From arteria +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾteˈɾjal/ [aɾ.t̪eˈɾjal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ar‧te‧rial

### Adjective

arterial m or f (masculine and feminine plural arteriales)
* 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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10