Having been converted to arterial blood; oxygenated and transformed from venous (darker, oxygen-poor) blood.
Past tense of 'arterialize,' describing the state of blood after passing through the lungs where it receives oxygen and becomes bright red.
When we say blood is 'arterialized,' we're describing one of physiology's most essential processes—the continuous refreshment of blood that keeps every cell in your body alive with oxygen.
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