reoxygenating

Adding air again

Reoxygenating is restoring oxygen to something that has been depleted of it.

Blood reoxygenates as it passes through the lungs.

A lake reoxygenates when aeration equipment churns its stagnant water.

The word appears in medical, environmental, and industrial contexts where oxygen levels matter: The device reoxygenates blood during bypass surgery.

respiratory

ventilation

Circulation of fresh air

pulmonary · hemoglobin · saturation · arterial · capillaries · bronchi · trachea · airways · breathing · inhalation

environmental

aeration

Infusing with oxygen

aquarium · water quality · aerator · bubbler · marine life · dead zones

revitalization

restore

Return to earlier state

replenish · reenergize · reinvigorate · recharge · renew · resuscitate · reanimate · reawaken · revitalize · second wind

medical

resuscitation

Restoring vital functions

ECMO · CPR · nebulizer · tracheostomy · pulmonology · nasal cannula · blood transfusion · emergency medicine · critical care · life support

Opposites
oxygen supply process

reoxygenatingdeoxygenating

Depleting oxygen content

suffocating · asphyxiating · smothering · deoxygenation · choking

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