oxygenate
[ok-si-juh-neyt]
- to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
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Origin of oxygenate
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Contemporary Examples
What the fMRI machine detects is the shifting proportions of oxygenated blood in any given region of the brain.
Where were the sidewalk arguments; where was the caffeinated anxiety; the oxygenated rowdiness?
Historical Examples
At a high temperature it reduces almost every oxygenated body.
Observe the mass of oxygenated vegetable matter on her skull.
UlyssesJames Joyce
If the sea were not lashed up and oxygenated, we should have a stagnant pest-hole like an old rotten fishpond all round the world.
A Dream of the North SeaJames Runciman
I have succeeded in combining strontian with the oxygenated muriatic acid.
The Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 1 (of 2)John Ayrton Paris
The only known chemical agent affecting such a bleach to nearly white is peroxyd of hydrogen or oxygenated water.
The Practical Ostrich Feather DyerAlexander Paul
oxygenate
oxygenize or oxygenise
- to enrich or be enriched with oxygento oxygenate blood
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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oxygenate
(ŏk′sĭ-jə-nāt′)- To treat, combine, or infuse with oxygen.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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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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