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DEOXYGENATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they deoxygenate ... he / she / it deoxygenates
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 right atrium receives venous deoxygenated blood from the entire body via the superior and inferior vena cavae and pumps blood into the right ventricle.
(Cardiac Atrium, NCI Thesaurus)
One of two veins (inferior or superior) that returns deoxygenated blood from the intestines.
(Mesenteric Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
Blue- or purplish-colored body; this is caused by excessive amounts of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the skin vessels of the body.
(Cyanotic Body, NCI Thesaurus)
Two groups of blood vessels, deep and superficial intracranial veins, that drain deoxygenated blood from the brain.
(Intracranial Venous System, NCI Thesaurus)
Blue- or purplish-colored limbs; this is caused by excessive amounts of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the skin vessels of the limbs.
(Cyanotic Limbs, NCI Thesaurus)
A blood vessel arising from the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery that carries deoxygenated blood to the left lung.
(Left Pulmonary Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
The blood vessel that receives deoxygenated blood from the insula and gyri and drains into the basal vein of Rosenthal deep in the lateral sulcus.
(Deep Middle Cerebral Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
The group of blood vessels within the interior of the brain carrying deoxygenated blood including the vena corporis striati and the choroid vein that unite to form the vena magna Galeni.
(Deep Intracranial Venous System, NCI Thesaurus)
The coronary vein that terminates in the right atrium and transports deoxygenated blood from the coronary circulation.
(Coronary Sinus, NCI Thesaurus)
A blood vessel containing deoxygenated blood formed by the joining of the internal and external iliac veins at the pelvic brim that runs upward behind the internal iliac artery to the right side of the fifth lumbar vertebra where it joins with its counterpart from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava.
(Common Iliac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
