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oxygenous

oxygenous adjective: oxygenic.

Adjective

oxygenous (comparative more oxygenous, superlative most oxygenous)

  1. (obsolete) oxygenic
    • The colour we now know to be owing to the influence of the oxygenous gas, and the darker colour of venal blood to carbone.1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary, volume 2, page 279

Forms of oxygenous

comparativemore oxygenous
superlativemost oxygenous

Origin of oxygenous

From oxygen + -ous.

Words formed from oxygenous

Questions about oxygenous

What does oxygenous mean?
Oxygenous means oxygenic.
What part of speech is oxygenous?
Oxygenous is an adjective.

Words near oxygenous in the dictionary

  1. oxygenless
  2. oxygenlike
  3. oxygenolytic
  4. oxygenolytically
  5. oxygenotherapy
  6. oxygenous
  7. oxygens
  8. oxygnathous
  9. oxygon
  10. oxygonal
  11. oxygons

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