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oxygenation Definition


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oxygenate
verb
    oxygenated, oxygenating
    1. To combine, treat, supply or enrich something (eg the blood) with oxygen.
Derivative: oxygenation
    The recharging of the blood with oxygen from air inhaled into the lungs.
    Treatment with or combination with oxygen.
Derivative: oxygenator
noun
    Any apparatus that supplies oxygen, especially one that is used to oxygenate the blood outside the body during open heart surgery.
Etymology: 18c.



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