deoxygenate, v. Chem.
(diːˈɒksɪdʒɪneɪt)
[f. de- II. 1 + oxygenate v.]
trans. To deprive of (free) oxygen; also = deoxidate, deoxidize.
| 1799 Kirwan Geol. Ess. 150 By deoxygenating the vitriolic contained in the Epsom salt. 1804 T. Trotter Drunkenness iii. 58 Alkohol certainly deoxygenates the blood in some degree. 1808 Sir H. Davy in Phil. Trans. XCVIII. 336 Potassium may partially de-oxygenate the earths. |
Hence deˈoxygenated ppl. a., deˈoxygenating vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also deoxygeˈnation.
| 1799 Sir H. Davy in Beddoes Contrib. Phys. & Med. Knowl. 86 A deoxygenated atmosphere. 1803 ― in Phil. Trans. XCIII. 271 The deoxygenation of skin. 1832 Babbage Econ. Manuf. xxiii. (ed. 3) 239 An oxygenating or a deoxygenating flame. 1834 M. Somerville Connect. Phys. Sc. xxiv. (1849) 224 The most refrangible extremity of the spectrum has an oxygenizing power and the other that of deoxygenating. 1878 Foster Phys. ii. i. §2. 210 The ordinary deoxygenation of the blood. |