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reoxygenate

reoxygenate verb: to oxygenate again or anew.

Verb

reoxygenate (third-person singular simple present reoxygenates, present participle reoxygenating, simple past and past participle reoxygenated)

  1. (transitive) To oxygenate again or anew.
    • Chest compression keeps blood flowing, but it does not reoxygenate the blood, as mouth-to-mouth resuscitation does.2008 April 1, Nicholas Bakalar, “CPR Can Help, Even With No Training”, in New York Times

Forms of reoxygenate

third-person singular presentreoxygenates
present participlereoxygenating
past participlereoxygenated
pastreoxygenated

Origin of reoxygenate

From re- + oxygenate.

Questions about reoxygenate

What does reoxygenate mean?
Reoxygenate means to oxygenate again or anew.
What part of speech is reoxygenate?
Reoxygenate is a verb.
What is the past tense of reoxygenate?
The past tense of reoxygenate is reoxygenated.

Words near reoxygenate in the dictionary

  1. reoxidising
  2. reoxidize
  3. reoxidized
  4. reoxidizes
  5. reoxidizing
  6. reoxygenate
  7. reoxygenated
  8. reoxygenates
  9. reoxygenating
  10. reoxygenation
  11. reoxygenations

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