oxygen effect

British

noun

biology the increased sensitivity to radiation of living organisms, tissues, etc, when they are exposed in the presence of oxygen

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But what can oxygen effect in the face of a poisoning of the ether?

From The Poison Belt by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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