Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.
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- noun The removal of
oxygen atoms or molecules from a material
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Examples
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In the summer of 1999, his second child, Noah, was a “blue baby” because of deoxygenation of the blood and was rushed to the newborn intensive care unit.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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We've found that there was significant deoxygenation ... and we suspect that there probably were fish killed but it wasn't at a major scale,'' Mr Maher said.
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Mr Maher and his colleague Dr Isaac Santos are hoping research from the current floods will shed light on what causes deoxygenation.
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From that time it has become a most convenient and powerful instrument of deoxygenation in chemical experiments.
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But, with regard to simple bodies, or at least bodies whose component parts are not disturbed by the process of oxygenation or deoxygenation, it is often possible to restore them, after combustion, to their original state.
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Our results show that activation-induced CBF regulation in the brain does not operate through the release of vasoactive mediators on hemoglobin deoxygenation or through a tissue-based oxygen-sensing mechanism.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Ute Lindauer 2010
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Neurovascular coupling in rat brain operates independent of hemoglobin deoxygenation
Naturejobs - All Jobs Ute Lindauer 2010
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Hyperbaric hyperoxygenation (HBO) allowed us to prevent hemoglobin deoxygenation, as the oxygen that was physically dissolved in the tissue was sufficient to support oxidative metabolism.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Ute Lindauer 2010
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Neurovascular coupling in rat brain operates independent of hemoglobin deoxygenation
Naturejobs - All Jobs Ute Lindauer 2010
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Our results show that activation-induced CBF regulation in the brain does not operate through the release of vasoactive mediators on hemoglobin deoxygenation or through a tissue-based oxygen-sensing mechanism.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Ute Lindauer 2010
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