oxygenation
Americannoun
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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
In cases where hantavirus infection is suspected, Mertz said people should seek out urban medical centers that offer extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which can be used to support the lungs.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
The chemists set themselves the ambitious goal of finding a general organic synthesis method for doing either the oxygenation or dehydrogenation reaction, as these versatile "bimodal" enzymes do in living cells.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2024
According to a new study co-authored by SwRI scientists and led by Princeton University, these observations provide key constraints on the potential oxygenation of its subsurface ocean.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024
These vary not only in the different species of metals, but even according to the various degrees of oxygenation in the same metal.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
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