superoxygenationn.
/ˌsuːpərɒksᵻdʒᵻˈneɪʃn/, /ˌsjuːpərɒksᵻdʒᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsupərˌɑksədʒəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine and Chemistry.
The condition or state of having an increased proportion of oxygen; the action of producing such a condition. Cf. hyperoxygenation n. at hyperoxygenate v. Derivatives.
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1794 J. Watt in T. Beddoes & J. Watt Considerations Medicinal Use & Production Factitious Airs ii. 19 It seemed to me that the heavy inflammable air, or carbonated hydrogene, being principally a solution of charcoal in inflammable air, was more likely than any other to correct, any disease arising from super-oxygenation of the blood.
1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 285 A peculiar metallic substance, which..was liable by superoxygenation to be converted into a metallic acid.
1892 G. A. Gibson Cheyne-Stokes Respiration 41 Cuffer..proved that this condition was due to superoxygenation of the blood.
2002 P. Woerther in N. C. Fleming et al. Operational Oceanogr. 259 In July 1998, superoxygenation was detected first at the surface on the marine station Grande Rade Sud from the 20th July to the 23rd July.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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