oxygenate
verb (used with object)
to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen.
oxygenates
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present tense formof oxygenate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Surgeons would connect the blood vessels in the umbilical cord to a system that oxygenates blood outside the body.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2023
Crimmins says that because Maria’s lungs were not providing enough oxygen to her and Dylan, she was placed on ECMO, a life-supporting measure that oxygenates the blood outside of the body.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2021
You breathe in a fast, rhythmic way that oxygenates your brain, activating your parasympathetic nervous system and relaxing you.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
But that story is only the embers of something more, which the film steadily exhales over, oxygenates and causes to flame up.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2019
The deep respiration oxygenates the blood and gives us power to resist diseases.
From What Every Singer Should Know by Millie Ryan
