oxygenize
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- hyperoxygenize verb (used with object)
- oxygenizable adjective
- oxygenizer noun
- semioxygenized adjective
- unoxygenized adjective
Etymology
Origin of oxygenize
Example Sentences
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Their blood, liters of it, was being drained from their bodies, oxygenized in an external pump and then reintroduced.
From New York Times
An animalcule tank will succeed best when it contains two or three kinds of growing plants, which oxygenize the air, and a moderate variety of decomposing organisms will supply food without making the water offensive.
From Project Gutenberg
Surely David could have sufficiently oxygenized the agent’s thin blood with the story told by the hapless Gwendoline that the man should hie with him to Rigsworth and there be confronted with the veritable Strauss.
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Berthollet, regarding it as being a compound of hydrochloric acid and oxygen, termed it oxygenized muriatic acid.
From Project Gutenberg
Oxygen, recognized by its power of igniting a glowing splinter, results from the decomposition of oxides of the noble metals, peroxides, chlorates, nitrates and other highly oxygenized salts.
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