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In the Americas, doctors can help infected people by putting them on a life-support machine known as ECMO, for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which breathes for the patient by oxygenating the blood.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

These branches are ultimately responsible for oxygenating the blood in the lungs.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

The latter is battery-powered, and when turned on it creates an oxygenating spiral motion in the water in the carafe, which is said to improve its taste.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2023

He also spent 38 days undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a sophisticated way of oxygenating blood outside the body.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2021

So I walked and walked, oxygenating my lungs and mentally documenting all that was going on.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys