oxygen
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- noun
- /ˈɑksɪdʒən/
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oxígeno
- In developed countries, oxygen is typically continuously available in hospitals via piping systems.
- oxygen levels
- oxygen saturation
- oxygen supply
Metabolism is taking food and oxygen and keeping us alive.
- Metabolism is taking food and oxygen and keeping us alive.
- Similarly, we're working on extracting oxygen from lunar regolith.
- But when we do this, we get more oxygen to the brain.
- And when it breathes, it breathes out oxygen and brings in carbon dioxide.
- OK, so we've got oxygen, nitrogen, carbon.
- I I make my own oxygen at home.
Examples
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I thought I might have to rent an oxygen tank to stay alive through the project.
Academic text (2011) -
Fire requires just three things, oxygen, fuel and heat.
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But when we do this, we get more oxygen to the brain.
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Half an hour with no oxygen to the brain.
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My blood oxygen is good right now.
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The fire must burn up all the oxygen around him.
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One, you breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.
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Metabolism is taking food and oxygen and keeping us alive.
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A tube was passed into his trachea, and oxygen hissed into the room.
Fiction book (1991) -
Humans need to breathe in oxygen to survive.
Synonyms
Compounds
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3.4
A covering you wear over the nose and mouth to give oxygen in emergencies or medical care
- Specialized
3
4.8
A very cold pale blue liquid that helps fires burn, powers rockets, and helps sick people breathe
- Specialized
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A short time after hard exercise when the body lacks oxygen and breathing becomes heavy to recover
Surface Forms
Etymology
Oxygen comes from Greek parts oxy- 'sharp' and -gen 'maker', because early scientists thought this substance made acids. The -gen part is the same as in generate ('to make'), which helps you remember why oxygen was named that way even though today we know it as the gas we need to breathe.