oxygenation

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noun

The process of reacting or treating something with oxygen.

Less commonScrabble 22

Meanings

nounoxygenation (countable and uncountable, plural oxygenations)

plural oxygenations

  1. countableuncountableThe process of reacting or treating something with oxygen.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  5. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  6. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  7. Frenchoxygène
  8. Englishoxygen
  9. Englishoxygenation

From oxygen + -ation.

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Translations

Catalan oxigenació
  • oxigenacióprocess of treating something with oxygen
Czech oxygenace
  • oxygenaceprocess of treating something with oxygen
Dutch zuurstofvoorziening
  • zuurstofvoorzieningprocess of treating something with oxygen
French oxygénation
  • oxygénationprocess of treating something with oxygen
German Oxygenierung
  • Oxygenierungprocess of treating something with oxygen
Italian ossigenazione
  • ossigenazioneprocess of treating something with oxygen
Portuguese oxigenação
  • oxigenaçãoprocess of treating something with oxygen
Russian оксигена́ция
  • оксигена́ция (oksigenácija)process of treating something with oxygen
Spanish oxigenación
  • oxigenaciónprocess of treating something with oxygen
Ukrainian оксигена́ція
  • оксигена́ція (oksyhenácija)process of treating something with oxygen

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

oxygenation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxygenation

MLA

“oxygenation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxygenation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oxygenation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxygenation.

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