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.
The Alma Mater. Ohio University's alma mater, entitled, Alma Mater, Ohio, was also created by a special contest. In 1915, Kenneth S. Clark, a graduate of Princeton University, entered the contest to create an alma mater song for Ohio University and won the $150 first prize.