ox·y·gen·ate
ˈäk-si-jə-ˌnāt 
äk-ˈsi-jə-
äk-ˈsi-jə-
oxygenated; oxygenating
: to impregnate, combine, or supply (something, such as blood) with oxygen
: an oxygen-containing substance (such as ethanol) used especially in gasoline to promote more complete combustion
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
Treatment then is to keep your blood as oxygenated as possible, while trying to get rid of the blood clots and keep more clots from going to the lungs.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2024
To reduce smog, the summer blend is about 20 to 25 cents per gallon more expensive than winter blends because of the oxygenates required in the fuel, and refineries have to briefly shut down before processing it.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
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Verb
After a particularly big bloom at McLeod Lake in 2006, Stockton installed a bubble system in the Stockton Deep Water Channel to oxygenate the water and break up the algae, the Record reported.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
Treatment then is to keep your blood as oxygenated as possible, while trying to get rid of the blood clots and keep more clots from going to the lungs.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Noun
The summer blend is about 20 to 25 cents per gallon more expensive than winter blends because of the oxygenates required in the fuel.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2024
To reduce smog, the summer blend is about 20 to 25 cents per gallon more expensive than winter blends because of the oxygenates required in the fuel, and refineries have to briefly shut down before processing it.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
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“Oxygenate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxygenate. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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oxygenate
transitive verb
ox·y·gen·ate
ˈäk-si-jə-ˌnāt
äk-ˈsij-ə-
äk-ˈsij-ə-
oxygenated; oxygenating
: to impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
oxygenated blood
better to oxygenate the patient first—Anesthesia Digest
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