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oxygenate
[ok-si-juh-neyt]
verb (used with object)
to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen.
to oxygenate the blood.
oxygenate
/ ˈɒɪɪˌԱɪ /
verb
to enrich or be enriched with oxygen
to oxygenate blood
oxygenate
To combine or mix with oxygen, as in a physical, chemical, or biological system. Blood is oxygenated in the lungs.
Other Word Forms
- oxygenation noun
- oxygenator noun
- antioxygenating adjective
- antioxygenation noun
- antioxygenator noun
- hyperoxygenate verb (used with object)
- hyperoxygenation noun
- nonoxygenated adjective
- superoxygenate verb (used with object)
- superoxygenation noun
- unoxygenated adjective
- ˈdzⲵˌԾ noun
- ˌdzⲵˈپDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of oxygenate1
Example Sentences
Amniotic fluid embolism can lead to heart and lung failure, which causes several complications due to a lack of oxygenated blood, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
After a particularly big bloom at McLeod Lake in 2006, Stockton installed a bubble system in the Stockton Deep Water Channel to oxygenate the water and break up the algae, the Record reported.
A year after their surgery, the amount of oxygenated blood pumped by the heart had increased by:
A network of elastic and actively pumping vessels carrying oxygenated blood span the surface of the brain before entering the cortex.
This caused a steep reduction in the number of burrowing invertebrates, which oxygenate sediments.
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