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oxygenate

Syllables: oxy·gen·ate/ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪt/

oxygenate verb: to treat or infuse with oxygen.

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.
    • The function of the respiratory system is to oxygenate the blood and remove carbon dioxide.2012, Teresa Hopper, Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice, 3rd edition, Elsevier Saunders, →ISBN, page 589
    Synonyms:
    oxygenize
  2. (transitive) To give (a patient) oxygen therapy.

Synonyms of oxygenate

Forms of oxygenate

third-person singular presentoxygenates
present participleoxygenating
past participleoxygenated
pastoxygenated

Origin of oxygenate

From oxygen or French oxygéner + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from oxygenate

Questions about oxygenate

What does oxygenate mean?
Oxygenate means to treat or infuse with oxygen.
What part of speech is oxygenate?
Oxygenate is a verb.
How do you pronounce oxygenate?
Oxygenate is pronounced /ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪt/.
What is the past tense of oxygenate?
The past tense of oxygenate is oxygenated.

Words near oxygenate in the dictionary

  1. oxygen-17
  2. oxygen-18
  3. oxygen-poor
  4. oxygenase
  5. oxygenases
  6. oxygenate
  7. oxygenated
  8. oxygenates
  9. oxygenating
  10. oxygenation
  11. oxygenation catastrophe

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