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单词 deoxygenate
释义

deoxygenate

verb

de·​ox·​y·​gen·​ate (ˌ)dē-ˈäk-si-jə-ˌnāt How to pronounce deoxygenate (audio)
ˌdē-äk-ˈsi-jə-
deoxygenated; deoxygenating; deoxygenates

transitive verb

: to remove especially molecular oxygen from
deoxygenates the lake water
deoxygenation
(ˌ)dē-ˌäk-si-jə-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce deoxygenate (audio)
ˌdē-äk-ˌsi-jə-
noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The basin in Louisiana is the country’s largest continuous swampland, but decades of oil and gas pipeline construction have left much of the water deoxygenated or filled with sediment and spoil that blocks the natural flow of the swamp water. Vaughn Hillyard /, NBC News, 23 June 2018 That order minimizes stiffness by sending pooled deoxygenated blood down in your legs back up to your heart for an oxygen boost. Roy M. Wallack, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018 This takes pressure off of your inferior vena cava, a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from your lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart, and may help reduce swelling. Korin Miller, SELF, 21 Sep. 2017 Arteries pulse and carry mostly bright red blood away from the heart, whereas most veins carry darker, deoxygenated blood back to the heart. Malia Wollan, New York Times, 14 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

deoxygenate

transitive verb

de·​ox·​y·​gen·​ate (ˈ)dē-ˈäk-si-jə-ˌnāt How to pronounce deoxygenate (audio) ˌdē-äk-ˈsij-ə- How to pronounce deoxygenate (audio)
deoxygenated; deoxygenating
: to remove oxygen from
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