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oxygenizement

oxygenizement noun: oxidation.

Noun

oxygenizement (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) oxidation
    • The oxygenizement of metals by water is promoted by the action of air.1805, William Lewis, The Edinburgh New Dispensatory
    • The violent effervescence probably arises from a disengagement of nitric oxide, and it would appear that the rapid oxygenizement did not harden the oily substances so much as a slower change1829, Andre Duncan, Supplement to the Edinburgh New Dispensatory

Origin of oxygenizement

From oxygenize + -ment.

Questions about oxygenizement

What does oxygenizement mean?
Oxygenizement means oxidation.
What part of speech is oxygenizement?
Oxygenizement is a noun.

Words near oxygenizement in the dictionary

  1. oxygenises
  2. oxygenising
  3. oxygenizable
  4. oxygenize
  5. oxygenized
  6. oxygenizement
  7. oxygenizes
  8. oxygenizing
  9. oxygenless
  10. oxygenlike
  11. oxygenolytic

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