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.
Alma mater The popular Latin phrase or expression Alma mater is so familiar that it has become part of our own language. The roots of this famous Latin expression lay with the language of the ancient Romans. The meaning of the expression is Nourishing mother.ollege Alma mater The meaning of the famous Latin phrase Alma mater suggests that the students are fed knowledge and taken care by the school or college. Although the term is popular in the USA Alma mater is rarely used in the UK.