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oxygenate

[ ok-si-juh-neyt ]
/ ˈɒk sɪ dʒəˌneɪt /
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verb (used with object), ox·y·gen·at·ed, ox·y·gen·at·ing.

to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.

Nearby words

  1. oxygen tent,
  2. oxygen toxicity,
  3. oxygen weed,
  4. oxygen-deprivation theory of narcosis,
  5. oxygenase,
  6. oxygenated hemoglobin,
  7. oxygenation,
  8. oxygenator,
  9. oxygenic,
  10. oxygenize

Origin of oxygenate

First recorded in 1780–90; oxygen + -ate1
Related forms
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Examples from the Web for oxygenator

  • Sciatica: Leg packs, oxygenator baths, half radium and salt baths, followed by massage.

    Valere Aude|Louis Dechmann
British Dictionary definitions for oxygenator

oxygenator

/ (ˈɒksɪdʒɪˌneɪtə) /

noun

an apparatus that oxygenates the blood, esp while a patient is undergoing an operation

oxygenate

oxygenize or oxygenise

/ (ˈɒksɪdʒɪˌneɪt) /

verb

to enrich or be enriched with oxygento oxygenate blood
Derived Formsoxygenation, nounoxygenizer or oxygeniser, noun
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Medicine definitions for oxygenator

oxygenate

[ ŏk′sĭ-jə-nāt′ ]

v.

To treat, combine, or infuse with oxygen.
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Science definitions for oxygenator

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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