unoxygenated
adjective
un·ox·y·gen·at·ed
ˌən-ˈäk-si-jə-ˌnā-təd 
-äk-ˈsi-jə-
: not combined or supplied with oxygen : not oxygenated
unoxygenated blood
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Again, these were less coherent ideas than waves of feeling issuing from an increasingly unoxygenated brain, but now, out of this metaphysical abyss, I was commanded—just as I’d been commanded at one point to flee the restaurant and destroy myself—never to tell the story of my choking.
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Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
Pestrella said there has never been any doubt that the decay of organic materials was causing the smelly hydrogen sulfide, which is produced in unoxygenated environments.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
The spraying began Friday, and workers will soon pump oxygen into the water, since hydrogen sulfide is produced in unoxygenated environments.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2021
My heart, too, was left with a hole, which means my oxygenated blood sometimes mixes with unoxygenated blood.
—Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2021
In a normal heart, the pulmonary artery carries unoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs to get oxygen.
—Washington Post, 4 June 2017
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Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
Pestrella said there has never been any doubt that the decay of organic materials was causing the smelly hydrogen sulfide, which is produced in unoxygenated environments.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
The spraying began Friday, and workers will soon pump oxygen into the water, since hydrogen sulfide is produced in unoxygenated environments.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2021
My heart, too, was left with a hole, which means my oxygenated blood sometimes mixes with unoxygenated blood.
—Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2021
In a normal heart, the pulmonary artery carries unoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs to get oxygen.
—Washington Post, 4 June 2017
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unoxygenated
adjective
un·ox·y·gen·at·ed
-ˈäk-si-jə-ˌnāt-əd, -äk-ˈsij-ə-
: not oxygenated
unoxygenated blood
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