to deoxygenate
- verb
- /diˈɒksɪdʒəˌneɪt/
- Specialized
- To improve circulation, the nurse needed to deoxygenate the blood in the patient's lungs.
Examples
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The doctors advised that we must deoxygenate the blood before the procedure can begin.
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Hemoglobin deoxygenates within seconds postmortem.
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How could human beings be capable of deoxygenating the ocean again?
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Once the blood supply is cut off and the tissue is deoxygenated, the microbes that are everywhere will get to work breaking it down.
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The right portion pushes deoxygenated blood originating from veins to the lungs.
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The MRI is able to detect changes in blood oxygenation since hemoglobin is magnetic when oxygenated, but paramagnetic when deoxygenated.
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First, the authors consider how the drive for more efficient oxygen delivery from the heart to the periphery may have shaped the evolution of the cardiovascular system, with particular attention to the routing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in the cardiac outlet.
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If the water is too warm, it can become deoxygenated, harming the fish that rely on it.
Synonyms
To remove oxygen from a substance, often using chemicals
To remove gas from a liquid or material
Remove air or gas from a liquid
To make the oxygen level in the blood fall
Antonyms
How Oxygenated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deoxygenate breaks into de- meaning 'remove' and oxygen, the gas we breathe, so it means to take oxygen away from something like water or blood.