The causes of pulmonary vascular disease vary according to which of the lungs' blood vessels are affected. Pulmonary vascular disease is divided into several categories: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Increased blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries (carrying blood away from the heart to the lungs).
Noun[edit] alma mater â(plural almae matres or alma maters) 1  A school or college from which an individual has graduated or which he or she has attended.  A school's anthem or song.
1 : a school, college, or university which one has attended or from which one has graduated went to a class reunion at his alma mater. 2 : the song or hymn of a school, college, or university âHey, Harvard boy, sing your alma mater!â shouted an obnoxious producer.