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oxigen
oxygen /okˈsi.dʒen/
noun#2920 most common
Example sentences
Avem nevoie de oxigen.
We need oxygen.
Plantele produc oxigen.
Plants produce oxygen.
Pacientul primește oxigen la spital.
The patient is given oxygen at the hospital.
Nivelul de oxigen din sângele lui a scăzut brusc.
His blood oxygen level dropped suddenly.
Alpiniștii cară măști de oxigen la altitudini mari.
Climbers carry oxygen masks at high altitudes.
Concentrația de oxigen din atmosferă a variat mult de-a lungul erelor geologice.
Atmospheric oxygen concentration has varied greatly across geological eras.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | oxigen / oxigenul | — |
| Genitive | oxigenului | — |
| Accusative | oxigen / oxigenul | — |
| Vocative | — | — |
Word family
oxigenato oxygenate
oxigenareoxygenation
oxigenatoxygenated
dezoxigenaredeoxygenation
oxigenoterapieoxygen therapy
Etymology
Romanian "oxigen" comes from French "oxygène," a word coined in 1777 by the chemist Lavoisier. He built it from Greek "oxys" (sharp, acid) and "-genes" (producing, born of), because he wrongly believed the gas was the essential ingredient of all acids. The name stuck even after that theory was disproved.
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