deoxygenate
verb
de·ox·y·gen·ate
(ËŒ)dÄ“-ˈäk-si-jÉ™-ËŒnÄt 
ˌdē-äk-ˈsi-jə-
deoxygenated; deoxygenating; deoxygenates
: to remove especially molecular oxygen from
deoxygenates the lake water
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Note that deoxygenated blood is red, not blue -- that’s a myth.
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Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 26 May 2023
The basin in Louisiana is the country’s largest continuous swampland, but decades of oil and gas pipeline construction have left much of the water deoxygenated or filled with sediment and spoil that blocks the natural flow of the swamp water.
—Vaughn Hillyard /, NBC News, 23 June 2018
That order minimizes stiffness by sending pooled deoxygenated blood down in your legs back up to your heart for an oxygen boost.
—Roy M. Wallack, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
This takes pressure off of your inferior vena cava, a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from your lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart, and may help reduce swelling.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 21 Sep. 2017
Arteries pulse and carry mostly bright red blood away from the heart, whereas most veins carry darker, deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
—Malia Wollan, New York Times, 14 July 2017
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Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 26 May 2023
The basin in Louisiana is the country’s largest continuous swampland, but decades of oil and gas pipeline construction have left much of the water deoxygenated or filled with sediment and spoil that blocks the natural flow of the swamp water.
—Vaughn Hillyard /, NBC News, 23 June 2018
That order minimizes stiffness by sending pooled deoxygenated blood down in your legs back up to your heart for an oxygen boost.
—Roy M. Wallack, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
This takes pressure off of your inferior vena cava, a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from your lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart, and may help reduce swelling.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 21 Sep. 2017
Arteries pulse and carry mostly bright red blood away from the heart, whereas most veins carry darker, deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
—Malia Wollan, New York Times, 14 July 2017
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deoxygenate
transitive verb
de·ox·y·gen·ate
(ˈ)dÄ“-ˈäk-si-jÉ™-ËŒnÄt
ˌdē-äk-ˈsij-ə-
ˌdē-äk-ˈsij-ə-
deoxygenated; deoxygenating
: to remove oxygen from
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