reoxygenate

English

Etymology

re- +‎ oxygenate

Verb

reoxygenate (third-person singular simple present reoxygenates, present participle reoxygenating, simple past and past participle reoxygenated)

1. (transitive) To oxygenate again or anew.
   • 2008 April 1, Nicholas Bakalar, “CPR Can Help, Even With No Training”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Chest compression keeps blood flowing, but it does not reoxygenate the blood, as mouth-to-mouth resuscitation does.

Related terms

• reoxygenation