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overoxygenating

overoxygenating is the present participle and gerund of overoxygenate.

Meaning of overoxygenate

Verb

overoxygenate (third-person singular simple present overoxygenates, present participle overoxygenating, simple past and past participle overoxygenated)

  1. To oxygenate excessively, that is, to give (a patient) too much oxygen therapy.
    • If an attempt is made to use a low-flow oxygen device when a patient is in a labile period, the respiratory therapist will be unable to accurately adjust the oxygen flow to compensate for rapid changes in breathing pattern and may either overoxygenate or underoxygenate the patient.1991 May, Jonathon W Gietzen, “Blood Gas Corner #29—A Case of Oxygen-Induced Hypoventilation”, in Respiratory Care, volume 36, number 5, American Association for Respiratory Therapy, →ISSN, page 433

Questions about overoxygenating

What is overoxygenating the present participle and gerund of?
Overoxygenating is the present participle and gerund of overoxygenate.

Words near overoxygenating in the dictionary

  1. overoxidations
  2. overoxidized
  3. overoxygenate
  4. overoxygenated
  5. overoxygenates
  6. overoxygenating
  7. overoxygenation
  8. overpack
  9. overpackage
  10. overpackaged
  11. overpackages

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