Ox"y*gen*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oxygenated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Oxygenating (?).] [Cf. F. oxygéner.] (Chem.) To unite, or cause to
combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated
water (hydrogen dioxide).
Ox`y*gen*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. oxygénation.] (Chem.) The act or
process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.
Ox"y*gen*a`tor (?), n. An oxidizer.
Ox`y*gen"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling,
oxygen; producing oxygen.
||Ox`y*ge"ni*um (?), n. [NL.] (Chem.) The technical name of oxygen.
||[R.]
Ox"y*gen*i"za*ble (?), a. (Chem.) Oxidizable.
Ox"y*gen*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oxygenized (?); p pr. & vb. n.
Oxygenizing (?).] (Chem.) To oxidize.
Ox"y*gen*ize`ment (?), n. Oxidation.
Ox*yg"e*nous (?), a. Oxygenic.
Ox"y*gon (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; sharp + &?;&?;&?; an angle: cf.F.
oxygone.] (Geom.) A triangle having three acute angles.
{ Ox*yg"o*nal (?), Ox`y*go"ni*al (?), } a. Having acute angles. Barlow.
{ Ox`Y*hæm`a*cy"a*nin (?), Ox`y*hæm`o*cy"a*nin (?), } n. [Oxy- (a) +
hæmacyanin, hæmocyanin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See Hæmacyanin.
{ Ox`y*hæm`o*glo"bin, Ox`y*hem`o*glo"bin } (?), n. [Oxy- (a) +
hæmoglobin, hemoglobin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See Hemoglobin.
Ox`y*hy"dro*gen (?), a. [Oxy- (a) + hydrogen.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining
to a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas.
Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe. -- Oxyhydrogen microscope,
a form of microscope arranged so as to use the light produced by
burning lime or limestone under a current of oxyhydrogen gas.
Ox"y*mel (?), n. [L. oxymeli, Gr. &?;&?;&?;; &?;&?;&?;&?; acid +
&?;&?;&?; honey.] (Med.) A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice,
boiled to a sirup. Sir T. Elyot.
Ox`y*meth"yl*ene, n. [Oxy- (a) + methylene.] (Chem.) Formic aldehyde,
regarded as a methylene derivative.
||Ox`y*mo"ron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;, fr. &?;&?;&?; pointedly
||foolish; &?;&?;&?; sharp + &?;&?;&?; foolish.] (Rhet.) A figure in
||which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e.
||g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
Ox`y*mu"ri*ate (?), n. (Old Chem.) A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic
acid; a chloride.
Oxymuriate of lime, chloride of lime.
Ox`y*mu`ri*at"ic (?), a. [Oxy- (a) + muriatic: cf. F. oxymuriatique.]
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that
is, hydrochloric acid. [Archaic.]
Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so called on the supposition that
it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid. [Obs.]
Ox`y*neu"rine (?), n. (Chem.) See Betaine.
Ox*yn"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; to make acid.] (Physiol.) Acid;
producing acid; -applied especially to certain glands and cells in the
stomach.
{ ||Ox`y*o"pi*a (?), Ox"y*o`py (?), } n. [NL. oxyopia, from Gr.
&?;&?;&?; sharp + &?;&?;&?; sight.] (Med.) Excessive acuteness of
sight.
Ox`y*phe"nic (?), a. [Oxy- (b) + phenol.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or
designating, the phenol formerly called oxyphenic acid, and now
oxyphenol and pyrocatechin. See Pyrocatechin.
Ox`y*phe"nol (?), n. (Chem.) A phenol, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, produced by the
distillation of catechin; called also oxyphenic acid, and now
pyrocatechin.
Ox*yph"o*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; sharp + &?;&?;&?;&?; voice.]
Acuteness or shrillness of voice.
Ox`y*quin"o*line (?), n. [Oxy- (b) + quinoline.] (Chem.) Hydroxy
quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline, -- called also
carbostyril.
||Ox`y*rhyn"cha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.&?;&?;&?;&?; sharp +
||&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; snout.] (Zoöl.) The maioid crabs.
Ox*yr"rho*dine (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; (sc. &?;&?;&?;); 'oxy`s acid +
&?;&?;&?;&?; made of roses, &?;&?;&?;&?; rose.] (Med.) A mixture of two
parts of the oil of roses with one of the vinegar of roses. Floyer.
Ox"y*salt (?), n. [Oxy- (a) + salt.] (Chem.) A salt of an oxyacid, as a
sulphate.
Ox`y*sul"phide (?), n. (Chem.) A ternary compound of oxygen and
sulphur.