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