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 Washington University in St. Louis Alma Mater is sung at the close of the all-campus Commencement ceremony in May. In 1907, Arthur Lieber, director of the WUSTL Glee Club, suggested to his students that they write an Alma Mater based on âHow Can I Leave Thee,â a traditional German song.