Oxygenation

Oxygenation
The addition of oxygen to any chemical or physical system, including the human body. Oxygenation can also refer to the process of treating a patient with oxygen, or of combining a medication or other substance with oxygen. Hyperbaric oxygenation is an increased amount of oxygen in organs and tissues resulting from the administration of oxygen in a compression chamber at an ambient pressure greater than 1 atmosphere.
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Addition of oxygen to any chemical or physical system.
- apneic o. SYN: diffusion respiration.
- hyperbaric o. an increased amount of oxygen in organs and tissues resulting from the administration of oxygen in a compression chamber at an ambient pressure greater than 1 atm.

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ox·y·gen·a·tion (ok″sĭ-jə-naґshən) 1. the act or process of adding oxygen to something. 2. saturation with oxygen.

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