Oxygen

oks′i-jen, n. a gas without taste, colour, or smell, forming part of the air, water, ., and supporting life and combustion.— n. Oxychlō′ride , a chemical compound containing both chlorine and oxygen in combination with some other element.— v.t. Ox′ygenāte , to unite, or cause to unite, with oxygen.— n. Oxygenā′tion , act of oxygenating.— v.t. Ox′ygenise (same as Oxygenate ).— adj. Oxyg′enous , pertaining to, or obtained from, oxygen.— adj. Oxyhy′drogen , pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen, as in a form of blowpipe in which jets of either ignite as they i ue from separate reservoirs. [Gr. oxys , sharp, gen , the root of gennaein , to generate.]