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oxygenant ? Obs.|ɒkˈsɪdʒɪnənt|
[a. F. oxygénant, pr. pple. of oxygéner to oxygenate.]
A substance that oxygenates another; an oxidizing agent.
1802Edin. Rev. I. 242 Oxygen, and particularly the gaseous oxygenants, evidently produce two effects, of the same tendency. 1803Beddoes Hygëia xi. 52 Air destroys contagion by acting as an oxygenant. 1866Odling Anim. Chem. 149 As an oxidising agent, there are many more energetic oxygenants than the [nitric] peroxide. |
