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underoxygenation

underoxygenation noun: the state of being underoxygenated.

Noun

underoxygenation (uncountable)

  1. The state of being underoxygenated.
    • Because uterine contractions tend to compress the baby and restrict blood flow in some areas of the body during birthing, transient underoxygenation of brain (hypoxia) commonly occurs during birth.2005, Stephen C. Cunnane, Survival of the Fattest: The Key to Human Brain Evolution, page 59
    • Underoxygenation is a bigger concern than slight overoxygenation. The yeast will very quickly remove all of the oxygen from the wort when pitched.2016, Charles W Bamforth, Brewing Materials and Processes, page 80

Antonyms of underoxygenation

Origin of underoxygenation

By surface analysis, under- + oxygen + -ation.

Questions about underoxygenation

What does underoxygenation mean?
Underoxygenation means the state of being underoxygenated.
What part of speech is underoxygenation?
Underoxygenation is a noun.

Words near underoxygenation in the dictionary

  1. underoxidized
  2. underoxidizes
  3. underoxidizing
  4. underoxygenate
  5. underoxygenated
  6. underoxygenation
  7. underpack
  8. underpackage
  9. underpackaged
  10. underpackages
  11. underpackaging

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