oxygenate

English

Etymology

From oxygen or French oxygéner +‎ -ate.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Hyphenation: oxy‧gen‧ate

Verb

oxygenate (third-person singular simple present oxygenates, present participle oxygenating, simple past and past participle oxygenated)

  1. (transitive) To treat or infuse with oxygen
    After we oxygenated the river, the fish returned.
    • 2012, Teresa Hopper, Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice‎, 3rd edition, Elsevier Saunders, →ISBN, page 589:
      The function of the respiratory system is to oxygenate the blood and remove carbon dioxide.
  2. (transitive, medicine) To give (a patient) oxygen therapy.

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References
  1. “oxygenate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. “oxygenate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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