oxygenation

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

air action activity oxygen oxidation ventilation airing oxidized refreshment oxygenate air conditioning antioxidant hypoxia oxidization oxygenize

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Hypernyms

action activity natural action natural process

Phrases with the word

oxygenation crisis oxygenation holocaust oxygenation catastrophe insufficient oxygenation de-oxygenation

Examples

the oxygenation of the blood Source: Internet

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues, except for pulmonary arteries, which carry blood to the lungs for oxygenation. Source: Internet

Called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, the technique siphons blood out of the patient, runs it through an oxygenator and pumps it back into the body. Source: Internet

However, they are vital to the marine ecosystem, with benefits that include oxygenation, purifying the water, recycling nutrients, and keeping coral reefs intact by secreting calcium carbonate. Source: Internet

In cases of serotonin syndrome caused by monoamine oxidase inhibitors oxygenation will not help to dispatch serotonin. Source: Internet

Between 2.45 and 2.32 Ga, the second period of oxygenation occurred, it has been called the 'great oxygenation event.' Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

oxygenase oxygenate oxygenated oxygenation catastrophe oxygenation crisis oxygenation holocaust