arterialize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

arterialize
    v 1: change venous blood into arterial blood [syn:
         {arterialize}, {arterialise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Arterialize \Ar*te"ri*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Arterialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arterializing}.]
   To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by
   exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.
   [1913 Webster]