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What blood undergoes in the lungs
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oxygenation
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Oxygenation may refer to: Oxygenation (environmental) , a measurement of dissolved oxygen concentration in soil or water Oxygen saturation (medicine) , the process by which concentrations of oxygen increase within a tissue Water oxygenation , the process ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen; "the oxygenation of the blood"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oxygenation \Ox`y*gen*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. oxyg['e]nation.] (Chem.) The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the process of reacting or treating something with oxygen
Usage examples of oxygenation.
He kept the aerator as low as possible, to make himself breathe great gasps that hurt his chest, but it made him dizzy, and he had to increase the oxygenation lest he faint.
His vital-signs display showed compensatory oxygenation kicking in, together with a flow of calmative redaction.
This is a salt adaptation which conserves energy, which, otherwise, might be constantly expended in maintaining an attitude in which oxygenation can occur.
The cardiac rhythm was normal, as was the blood pressure and arterial oxygenation.
The computerized infusion system purred on, managing oxygenation and dialysis and maintaining the boy's electrolyte balance.
Whereas the agnostic, if he stays true to his reasonable self, if he stays beholden to dry, yeastless factuality, might try to explain the warm light bathing him by saying, “Possibly a f-f-failing oxygenation of the b-b-brain,” and, to the very end, lack imagination and miss the better story.
Whereas the agnostic, if he stays true to his reasonable self, if he stays beholden to dry, yeastless factuality, might try to explain the warm light bathing him by saying, "Possibly a f-f-failing oxygenation of the b-b-brain," and, to the very end, lack imagination and miss the better story.
Within this beat the heart, centered rather than situated to the left as he had thought, still pumping the red blood up the huge aortic artery toward brain and kidneys, and the blue blood up the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation.