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.
What does Alma mean? Alma [al-ma]â¼ as a girls' name is pronounced AL-mah. It is of Latin, Italian, Hebrew and Arabic origin, and the meaning of Alma is nourishing, kind; soul; young woman; learned. Modern name. Also the name of a river in the Crimea where the famous 19th-century Battle of Alma was fought. Alma mater is the term for a college or university, meaning fostering mother.