Definition of Deoxygenate

1. Verb. Remove oxygen from (water).

Generic synonyms: Get Rid Of, Remove

Definition of Deoxygenate

1. v. t. To deoxidize.

Definition of Deoxygenate

1. Verb. (transitive physiology) To remove dissolved oxygen from something, such as water or blood. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deoxygenate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Deoxygenate

1. To deoxidize. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deoxygenate

deoxychorismate
deoxycoformycin
deoxycorticosterone
deoxycortone
deoxycytidine
deoxycytidine kinase
deoxycytidine monophosphate
deoxycytidines
deoxycytidylate
deoxycytidylate hydroxymethyltransferase
deoxycytidylate methylase
deoxycytidylic acid
deoxycytosine nucleotides
deoxyephedrine
deoxyepinephrine
deoxygenate (current term)
deoxygenated
deoxygenates
deoxygenating
deoxygenation
deoxygenations
deoxygenize
deoxygenized
deoxygenizes
deoxygenizing
deoxygluconate
deoxygluconic acid
deoxyglucose
deoxyglucoses
deoxyguanine

Literary usage of Deoxygenate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sewage Disposal by George Warren Fuller (1912)
"Another item is the amount of organic matter in sewage sludge or deposits from soil washings, over which the water flows and which may deoxygenate the water ..."

2. Sewage Disposal by George W. Fuller (1912)
"Another item is the amount of organic matter in sewage sludge or deposits from soil washings, over which the water flows and which may deoxygenate the water ..."

3. Arsenic by James Alfred Wanklyn (1901)
"... objects might be attained by presenting to the arsenic hydrogen gas in its nascent state, the first action of which would be to deoxygenate the arsenic; ..."

4. Conversations on Chemistry: In which the Elements of that Science are by Marcet (Jane Haldimand), John Lee Comstock (1822)
"Mrs. B. Yes, for though we cannot deoxygenate this acid, yet we may add oxygen to it.) t^ Mrs. B. Because, instead of becoming, like other acids, ..."

5. Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours: And by Edward Bancroft (1814)
"... employs them without a mixture of indigo, which last the woad helps to deoxygenate and render soluble. Formerly, however, this preparation, fermented by ..."

6. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry (1831)
"Orpiment is employed in calico printing to deoxygenate indigo, which thus becomes capable of attaching itself to the ..."

7. Conversations on Chemistry: In which the Elements of that Science are by Marcet (Jane Haldimand) (1832)
"... from its very great attraction for oxygen, as it will absorb this substance from many oxygenated or burnt bodies, and thus deoxygenate, ..."

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