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Phrases 90
- Dissolved Oxygen
- oxygen maskA plastic or rubber mask through which oxygen may be breathed from a storage tank.
- oxygen catastropheAn event during the oxygenation event of Earth's past, where the level of free oxygen in the environment exceeds the tolerance levels of most extant anaerobic life.
- waste of oxygenA worthless person.
- oxygen therapyTherapeutic administration of oxygen.
- oxygen barA nightclub or similar venue in which patrons pay to inhale doses of gas containing concentrations of oxygen higher than in air.
- liquid oxygenoxygen in liquid form.
- oxygen tankA metal cylinder holding compressed oxygen.
- oxygen saturationThe condition of being saturated with oxygen.
- oxygen tentA canopy for the head and shoulders, or a similar enclosure for the whole body, within which air having a higher than normal supply of oxygen can be administered to a patient.
- oxygen crisisSynonym of oxygen catastrophe: An event during the oxygenation event of Earth's past, where the level of free oxygen in the environment exceeds the tolerance levels of most extant anaerobic life.
- Oxygen RevolutionSynonym of Great Oxygenation Event: A period around 2.5 to 2.3 billion years ago when the atmosphere of the Earth and its shallow oceans saw a sustained increase in oxygen, caused by the widespread proliferation of photosynthetic …
- oxygen difluorideA binary compound of oxygen and fluorine, OF₂; a powerful oxidizing agent.
- oxygen gasthe normal form of molecular oxygen, especially such a gas supplied industrially in cylinders
- oxygen cylindera gas cylinder containing oxygen
- oxygen holocaustSynonym of oxygen catastrophe: An event during the oxygenation event of Earth's past, where the level of free oxygen in the environment exceeds the tolerance levels of most extant anaerobic life.
- oxygen toxicityThe harmful effects of breathing dioxygen at increased partial pressures.
- molecular oxygenSynonym of dioxygen: Diatomic oxygen: the normal allotrope of oxygen, having two atoms per molecule.
- oxygen burningThe nucleosynthesis process, subsequent to carbon burning, in which neon disintegrates to oxygen which subsequently fuses to form silicon, phosphorus sulfur and other elements of atomic number up to 40.
- oxygen debtthe amount of extra oxygen required to oxidize lactic acid in the muscles built up during vigorous exercise
- oxygen demandbiochemical oxygen demand
- oxygen pulseOxygen uptake per heartbeat at rest.
- red oxygenO₈, ε oxygen
- oxygen candleA chemical oxygen generator
- oxygen tanksplural of oxygen tank: A metal cylinder holding compressed oxygen.
Compound words 27
- dioxinThe unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms, and two double bonds (molecular formula C₄H₄O₂); 1,2-dioxin and 1,4-dioxin.
- hydroxylA univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.
- nitroxAn industrial process for case hardening (imparting greater surface hardness to) metal objects, involving nitrocarburizing (the diffusion of carbon and nitrogen into the metal) followed by oxidation.
- oxygenaseAn enzyme which catalyses biochemical reactions with oxygen.
- helioxA mixture of helium and oxygen used as a breathing gas.
- octaoxygenA red allotrope of oxygen, O₈, that is stable only under very high pressures
- silsesquioxaneAny chemical compound with the empirical chemical formula RSiO_(1.5), where R is either hydrogen or an alkyl, alkene, aryl or arylene group.
- antioxygenantioxidant
- carbogenA mixture of carbon dioxide and oxygen gas.
- dioxindoleAn indole obtained by the reduction of isatin.