Oxygen

Noun

 * 1) A chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994.
 * 2) Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
 * 3)  A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help him or her to breathe.
 * 4)  An atom of this element.

Derived terms

 * dioxygen
 * gox
 * heliox
 * liquid oxygen
 * lox
 * nitrox
 * nox
 * oxo-
 * oxy-
 * oxygen-16
 * oxygen-17
 * oxygen-18
 * oxygen bar
 * oxygen bottle
 * oxygen cylinder
 * oxygen debt


 * oxygen deficit
 * oxygen demand
 * oxygen depletion
 * oxygen difluoride
 * oxygen fluoride
 * oxygen gas
 * oxygenise, oxygenize
 * oxygen lance
 * oxygenless
 * oxygen mask
 * oxygenous
 * oxygen tent
 * oxygen therapy
 * singlet oxygen
 * tetraoxygen
 * triplet oxygen

Related terms

 * BSCCO
 * Entonox
 * hydroxy-
 * hydroxyl
 * oxide
 * oxo-, oxo
 * oxy-, oxy


 * oxygenase
 * oxygenate
 * oxygenation
 * oxylith
 * oxytocic
 * YBCO

Thesaurus
acetylene, ammonia, argon, asphyxiating gas, butane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, chlorine, coal gas, ethane, ether, ethylene, fluorine, formaldehyde, helium, hydrogen, illuminating gas, krypton, lewisite, marsh gas, methane, mustard gas, natural gas, neon, nitrogen, ozone, poison gas, propane, radon, sewer gas, xenon

Etymology
Borrowed from oxygène: (originally in the form principe oxygène, a variant of principe oxigine ‘acidifying principle’, suggested by Lavoisier), from  ὀξύς: + γένος:, referring to oxygen's role in the formation of acids.

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Synonyms

 * E948 when used as a packaging gas