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Meaning of underoxygenate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To oxygenate insufficiently.

transitive

Examples

“If an attempt is made to use a low-flow oxygen device when a patient is in a labile period, the respiratory therapist will be unable to accurately adjust the oxygen flow to compensate for rapid changes in breathing pattern and may either overoxygenate or underoxygenate the patient.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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