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oxygenating

oxygenating is the present participle and gerund of oxygenate.

Meaning of oxygenate

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.
    Synonyms:
    oxygenize
  2. (transitive) To give (a patient) oxygen therapy.

Questions about oxygenating

What is oxygenating the present participle and gerund of?
Oxygenating is the present participle and gerund of oxygenate.

Words near oxygenating in the dictionary

  1. oxygenase
  2. oxygenases
  3. oxygenate
  4. oxygenated
  5. oxygenates
  6. oxygenating
  7. oxygenation
  8. oxygenation catastrophe
  9. oxygenation catastrophes
  10. oxygenation crises
  11. oxygenation crisis

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