oxygenate
to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
Origin of oxygenate
1Other words from oxygenate
- ox·y·gen·a·tion, noun
- ox·y·gen·a·tor, noun
- an·ti·ox·y·gen·at·ing, adjective
- an·ti·ox·y·gen·a·tion, noun
- an·ti·ox·y·gen·a·tor, noun
- hy·per·ox·y·gen·ate, verb (used with object), hy·per·ox·y·gen·at·ed, hy·per·ox·y·gen·at·ing.
- hy·per·ox·y·gen·a·tion, noun
- non·ox·y·gen·at·ed, adjective
- su·per·ox·y·gen·ate, verb (used with object), su·per·ox·y·gen·at·ed, su·per·ox·y·gen·at·ing.
- su·per·ox·y·gen·a·tion, noun
- un·ox·y·gen·at·ed, adjective
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How to use oxygenate in a sentence
Take several long, deep breaths, oxygenate the bloodstream, then fill the lungs once and slide down under the surface.
The Sensitive Man | Poul William AndersonCan you breathe freely and easily the proper amount of air to oxygenate your blood and give you health and strength?
Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women | George Sumner WeaverThe iron must be dissolved in nitro-muriatic acid, to oxygenate those two bodies.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for oxygenate
oxygenize or oxygenise
/ (ˈɒksɪdʒɪˌneɪt) /
to enrich or be enriched with oxygen: to oxygenate blood
Derived forms of oxygenate
- oxygenation, noun
- oxygenizer or oxygeniser, noun
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Scientific definitions for oxygenate
[ ŏk′sĭ-jə-nāt′ ]
To combine or mix with oxygen, as in a physical, chemical, or biological system. Blood is oxygenated in the lungs.
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