oxygenate

English

Etymology

From oxygen or French oxygéner +‎ -ate.[1][2]

Verb

oxygenate (third-person singular simple present oxygenates, present participle oxygenating, simple past and past participle oxygenated)

(transitive) To treat or infuse with oxygen
After we oxygenated the river, the fish returned.
(transitive, medicine) To give (a patient) oxygen therapy.

Derived terms

deoxygenate
disoxygenate
overoxygenate
overoxygenation
oxygenation
oxygenator
preoxygenate
reoxygenate

Translations

infuse with oxygen

Bulgarian: насищам с кислород (nasištam s kislorod)
Catalan: oxigenar (ca)
French: oxygéner (fr)
German: oxygenieren
Greek: οξυγονώνω (el) (oxygonóno)
Irish: ocsaiginigh
Italian: ossigenare (it), ossigenarsi
Japanese: 酸素を送り込む
Manx: ocsajeeneaghey
Portuguese: oxigenar (pt)
Spanish: oxigenar (es)
Swedish: syresätta (sv)
Welsh: ocsigenu, ocsigeneiddio

References

“oxygenate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“oxygenate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

[1] “oxygenate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

[2] “oxygenate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.