Oxygenation

[Cf. F. oxygénation.]
(Chem.) The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.

The addition of a molecule of oxygen to another molecule. The term is used in particular to describe the process, whereby haemoglobin becomes loaded with oxygen to become oxyhaemoglobin. Molecules of oxygen are carried by the haem groups, but the iron in haem remains in the ferrous state and does not become oxidized.

Saturation with oxygen.

• hyperbaric o. — exposure to oxygen under conditions of greatly increased pressure See also hyperbaric oxygenation.

Oxygenation may refer too:

• Oxygenation (medical), the process by which concentrations of oxygen increase within a tissue
• Water oxygenation, the process of increasing the oxygen saturation of the water
• Dioxygen complex, the chemical details of how metals bind oxygen

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