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to deoxygenate

to deoxygenate

1 8.1
To remove oxygen from a liquid like water or blood
  • verb
  • /diˈɒksɪdʒəˌneɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desoxigenar
  • To improve circulation, the nurse needed to deoxygenate the blood in the patient's lungs.

Examples

  • The doctors advised that we must deoxygenate the blood before the procedure can begin.

  • Hemoglobin deoxygenates within seconds postmortem.

  • 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.

  • 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 deoxidize
vsto deoxygenate
  • Specialized
8.7

To remove oxygen from a substance, often using chemicals

removes oxygen generally not limited to chemical methods
to degas
vsto deoxygenate
  • Specialized
8.5

To remove gas from a liquid or material

removes oxygen specifically rather than various dissolved gases
to deaerate
vsto deoxygenate
  • Specialized
9.9

Remove air or gas from a liquid

removes oxygen specifically rather than any gas
to desaturate
vsto deoxygenate
  • Specialized
7.4

To make the oxygen level in the blood fall

removes oxygen entirely rather than only lowering its level

Antonyms

to oxygenate
  • Specialized
7 5.8

To add oxygen to something like water, blood, or wine

How Oxygenated

to arterialize
  • Specialized
9.9
to oxygenate
  • Specialized
7 5.8
to deoxygenate
  • Specialized
1 8.1

Surface Forms

deoxygenate infinitive
deoxygenated past participle
deoxygenating present participle
deoxygenates third person singular

Morphology

deoxygenate = oxygenate (transparent) = de + oxygen + ate

The prefix 'de-' straightforwardly reverses or removes the action of 'oxygenate', yielding 'remove oxygen from'.

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.