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English
Etymology
From oxygen or French oxygéner + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪt/
- Hyphenation: oxy‧gen‧ate
Verb
oxygenate (third-person singular simple present oxygenates, present participle oxygenating, simple past and past participle oxygenated)
- (transitive) To treat or infuse with oxygen.
- Synonym: oxygenize (uncommon)
After we oxygenated the river, the fish returned.
2012, Teresa Hopper, Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice, 3rd edition, Elsevier Saunders, →ISBN, page 589:The function of the respiratory system is to oxygenate the blood and remove carbon dioxide.
- (transitive, medicine) To give (a patient) oxygen therapy.
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