deoxygenize

especially British, de·ox·y·gen·ise

[dee-ok-si-juh-nahyz]

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.

deoxygenized, deoxygenizing 

1. deoxygenate.

Other Word Forms

• deoxygenization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deoxygenize¹

First recorded in 1880–85; de- + oxygenize