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 Observatory is a partnership between Europe, North America and Japan, in cooperation with the Republic of Chile and is financed in North America by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in cooperation with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and in Europe by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and Spain.