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oxygenation - 4 dictionary results

ox⋅y⋅gen⋅ate

[ok-si-juh-neyt]
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.

Origin:
1780–90; oxygen + -ate 1


ox⋅y⋅gen⋅a⋅tion, noun
ox⋅y⋅gen⋅a⋅tor, noun
ox·y·gen·ate   (ŏk'sĭ-jə-nāt')   
tr.v.   ox·y·gen·at·ed also ox·y·gen·ized, ox·y·gen·at·ing also ox·y·gen·iz·ing, ox·y·gen·ates also ox·y·gen·iz·es
To treat, combine, or infuse with oxygen.
ox'y·gen·a'tion n., ox'y·gen·a'tor n.

Oxygenation

Ox`y*gen*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. oxyg['e]nation.] (Chem.) The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.

oxygenation ox·y·gen·a·tion (ŏk'sĭ-jə-nā'shən)
n.
The addition of oxygen to a chemical substance or physical system.

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