oxygenationn.
/ˌɒksᵻdʒᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌɑksədʒəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or process of oxygenating; the condition of being oxygenated; an instance of this. Formerly also: †oxidation (obsolete).
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1789 R. Kerr tr. A. Lavoisier Elements Chem. ii. iv. 186 Sometimes oxygenation takes place with great rapidity.
1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 336 It [sc. Molybdæna] appears to me to suffer four degrees of oxygenation. The first is the black oxyde; the second is the blue oxyde; [etc.].
1804 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 6 i. 52 Probably the relaxation which the body undergoes during the extreme heats of summer diminishes the oxygenation of the blood.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxii. 454 The most perfect oxygenation of the blood secured.
1933 S. W. Cole Pract. Physiol. Chem. (ed. 9) x. 249 The conversion of Hb to HbO2 is best regarded as an oxygenation, not an oxidation.
1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. xiii. 346 On account of insufficient oxygenation the terminal joints [of the fingers] are enlarged and clublike.
1992 Pract. Fishkeeping (BNC) Nov. 35 The majority of sick fish are suffering from environmental problems—poor water quality, incorrect water chemistry, poor oxygenation, poor diet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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