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DEOXYGENATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deoxygenate mean?
• DEOXYGENATE (verb)
The verb DEOXYGENATE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DEOXYGENATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: deoxygenated
Past participle: deoxygenated
-ing form: deoxygenating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove oxygen from (water)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "deoxygenate" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
The blood vessels at the vertex and on either side of the head that drain deoxygenated blood into the pterygoid venous plexus.
(Deep Temporal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
The blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood and accompanies the deep palmar artery in the hand.
(Deep Palmar Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
A blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood far beneath the skin usually accompanying an artery.
(Deep Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
Any vein containing deoxygenated blood that is located in a finger or toe.
(Digital Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
The blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood that arises from the superior epigastric vein and empties into the external iliac vein.
(Inferior Epigastric Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
The vessels carrying deoxygenated blood on the upper side of the foot that originate from the dorsal digital vein creating the dorsal venous arch.
(Dorsal Metatarsal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
The exception is blood within the pulmonary artery which carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
(Arterial Blood, NCI Thesaurus)
A blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood from the gallbladder and the cystic duct into the right branch of the portal vein.
(Cystic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
A blood vessel containing deoxygenated blood formed by the joining of the anterior and posterior ulnar veins.
(Common Ulnar Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
Large artery originating from the superior surface of right ventricle and carrying deoxygenated blood from heart to lung.
(Murine Pulmonary Artery, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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