a. arch. [f. L. artēri-a + -OUS.] = ARTERIAL.

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1634.  T. Johnson, trans. Parey’s Chirurg., IX. iv. (1678), 217. Large effusion of … arterious blood.

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[1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Arterious, full of arteries.]

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1713.  Cheselden, Anat., III. xv. (1726), 246. The cut orifices of the arterious and venous vessels.

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1819.  Rees, Encycl., s.v., If any arterious trunk were accidentally compressed.

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