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  • Internal combustion engine/Definition
    ...ating [[mechanical energy]] from the [[combustion]] of a fuel and external oxygen
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  • Albumin injection/Definition
    ...noinclude>Compoent of human blood used as a plasma volume expander; has no oxygen-carrying capacity and synthetics increasingly preferred
    162 bytes (21 words) - 22:36, 21 December 2010
  • Law of definite proportions
    .... In any given sample of pure water, the mass ratio will always be 88.81% oxygen to 11.20% hydrogen. ...the fixed atomic ratio of 2-to-1 means that the mass ratio of hydrogen-to-oxygen in any bulk sample of water will be the same.
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  • Porphyromonas gingivalis/Definition
    Gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria which produces a cell-bound, oxygen-sensitive collagenase and is isolated from the human mouth.
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  • Septic shock/Definition
    Serious medical condition caused by decreased tissue perfusion and oxygen delivery as a result of infection and sepsis.
    156 bytes (21 words) - 11:19, 8 September 2009
  • Stress test/Definition
    Graded test to measure an individual's heart rate and oxygen intake while undergoing strenuous physical exercise.
    150 bytes (19 words) - 21:15, 8 September 2009
  • Sulfur dioxide/Definition
    ...ess gas (SO<sub>2</sub>) consisting of one atom of sulfur and two atoms of oxygen.
    127 bytes (20 words) - 19:08, 6 November 2008
  • Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthases/Definition
    ...ostaglandin]]s from the appropriate unsaturated [[fatty acid]]s, molecular oxygen, and a reduced acceptor
    192 bytes (25 words) - 10:32, 17 October 2010
  • Carbonyl group/Definition
    A chemical group containing a carbon atom double bonded to an oxygen atom.
    110 bytes (16 words) - 08:02, 24 September 2008
  • Lactic fermentation/Definition
    A form of fermentation that occurs in animal cells in the absence of oxygen.
    112 bytes (17 words) - 20:55, 31 May 2008
  • Aliphatic nitrate esters/Definition
    ...nds produced by O-type nitration in which a nitro group is attached to an oxygen atom of the compound being nitrated. ([[U.S. Army]])
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  • Facultative anaerobic organism/Definition
    An organism, usually a bacterium, that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present but is also capable of switching to fermentation under anaerobic
    205 bytes (29 words) - 21:49, 25 June 2008
  • Citric acid cycle/Definition
    ...ysed chemical reactions of central importance in all living cells that use oxygen as part of cellular respiration.
    175 bytes (24 words) - 09:40, 3 September 2009
  • Graham's law
    ...will diffuse about 2.8 times (the square root of 8 is 2.83) as quickly as oxygen.
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  • Positron emission tomography/Definition
    ...tron]]-emitting [[isotope|radionuclides]] (such as carbon-11, nitrogen-13, oxygen-15 and fluorine-18) to measure cell metabolism.<noinclude>{{DefMeSH}}</noin
    279 bytes (30 words) - 02:19, 15 May 2010
  • P:F ratio
    ...to the fraction of inspired oxygen. It reflects how well the lungs absorb oxygen from expired air. <ref>{{citation ...|author=Cane RD, Shapiro BA, Templin R, Walther K |title=Unreliability of oxygen tension-based indices in reflecting intrapulmonary shunting in critically
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  • Cardiac monitor/Definition
    ...nly with non-electrocardiographic information such as respiratory rate and oxygen saturation; may have automatic alarms for dangerous conditions
    252 bytes (29 words) - 11:32, 22 June 2010
  • Oxygen/Periodic table of elements
    <includeonly>Non-Metal</includeonly><noinclude>Oxygen is a [[Non-Metal]].</noinclude>
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  • Facultative anaerobic organism
    ...that makes [[Adenosine triphosphate|ATP]] by [[aerobic respiration]] if [[oxygen]] is present but is also capable of switching to [[Fermentation (biochemist ...nt. In [[brewer's yeast]], the Pasteur shift is the observed cessation of oxygen consumption when fermentable sugar is supplied. In a growing culture, the e
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  • Hydroxyl/Definition
    A molecule consisting of an oxygen atom and a hydrogen atom connected by a covalent bond (single bond).
    140 bytes (21 words) - 20:26, 3 September 2009
  • Carbon monoxide/Definition
    ...tly lighter than [[air]] and consists of one [[carbon]] [[atom]] and one [[oxygen]] atom.
    183 bytes (25 words) - 21:30, 6 November 2011
  • Tyrosine kinase/Definition
    ...of a phosphate group from an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to the hydroxyl oxygen atom on the amino acid tyrosine.
    213 bytes (30 words) - 23:42, 12 January 2009
  • Metabolic equivalent/Definition
    ...sting, usually calculated as the energy used to burn 3 to 4 milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body weight per minute.
    182 bytes (26 words) - 23:06, 7 September 2009
  • Oxidative stress/Definition
    An imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen and a biological system's ability to readily detoxify the reactive intermed
    211 bytes (28 words) - 02:52, 30 April 2009
  • Rocket engine/Definition
    ...ot gases expelled by a mixture of chemicals that does not need an external oxygen source
    212 bytes (34 words) - 23:20, 22 March 2010
  • Water/Definition
    A chemical compound with one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms (H<sub>2</sub>0). It is often in a liquid form and m
    214 bytes (36 words) - 03:50, 18 August 2009
  • Ether (chemistry)/Definition
    ...ound in which two [[hydrocarbon]]s are joined together by an intervening [[oxygen]] atom; denoted R-O-R. In the past, diethyl ether was used as an [[anesthet
    255 bytes (37 words) - 21:58, 23 September 2008
  • Blood gas analysis/Definition
    Test which measures the amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood, as well as the acidity (pH) of the blood.
    153 bytes (25 words) - 02:43, 5 September 2009
  • Carbohydrate/Definition
    [[Organic compound]]s containing [[carbon]], [[hydrogen]], and [[oxygen]]; includes [[sugar]]s and [[starch]]es that provide [[energy (science)|ene
    280 bytes (38 words) - 07:50, 7 April 2010
  • Thiophosphoramidite
    ...non-bridging oxygen atoms of the phosphate linker between the O3' and O5' oxygen atoms between two nucleotides. In such DNA, one of the sulfur atoms origin
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  • Coal-fired power plant (disambiguation)
    {{rpl|Oxygen firing power plant}}
    244 bytes (32 words) - 13:16, 24 January 2023
  • Nazi high altitude experiments/Definition
    ...severe injury. They were intended to learn human responses to the cold and oxygen deprivation of high-altitude flight.
    298 bytes (42 words) - 22:16, 9 November 2010
  • Anabantids
    ...tuated internally near the gills. Its function is to store air and extract oxygen.
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  • Hyperoxia
    ...participants inhaled either pure [[oxygen]] (hyperoxia condition), or 95% oxygen and 5% [[carbon dioxide]] ([[hypercapnia|hypercapnic]] hyperoxia). Yellow (
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  • Photosynthesis/Addendum
    ...arliest forms of photosynthetic life were almost certainly anoxygenic (non-oxygen evolving). ...nvention of oxygenic photosynthesis and the subsequent rise of atmospheric oxygen approximately 2.4 billion years ago revolutionized the energetic and enzyma
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  • Hydrogen bond/Definition
    ...olving a [[hydrogen]] [[atom]] and either [[Fluorine]], [[Nitrogen]], or [[Oxygen]].
    203 bytes (25 words) - 23:44, 16 July 2008
  • Fish/How fish function
    ...and extracts oxygen from it. Some [[catfish]]es also gulp air and extract oxygen in a capillary-rich offshoot of the gut.
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  • Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase
    ...ostaglandin]]s from the appropriate unsaturated [[fatty acid]]s, molecular oxygen, and a reduced acceptor.<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
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  • Avogadro's law
    ...example, the molecular weight of [[oxygen]] is 32.00, so that one mole of oxygen has a mass of 32.00 grams and contains ''N''<sub>A</sub> molecules.
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  • Oxygen firing power plant/Definition
    ...ing plant, works like a [[conventional coal-fired power plant]] but uses [[oxygen]] instead of [[air]] to burn the [[coal]]; see the [[Wikipedia:Oxy-fuel com
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  • Blood
    ...n most higher [[animal]]s. It is a [[liquid]] that serves to diffuse the [[oxygen]] necessary to [[life]] throughout the body, and to remove waste products. ...to [[hemoglobin]], a [[respiratory pigment]] containing [[iron]], to which oxygen binds. Hemoglobin is the most efficient respiratory pigment found in nature
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  • Permissive hypotension/Definition
    ...ment, using just enough fluid to raise the blood pressure enough to ensure oxygen perfusion of the brain, but not raising the blood pressure to normal, a lev
    283 bytes (44 words) - 01:34, 15 November 2010
  • Red blood cells/Definition
    ...cell that contain hemoglobin, and the body's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body's cells via the blood, and the removal of carbon dioxide wastes
    282 bytes (42 words) - 22:41, 10 December 2009
  • Disseminated intravascular coagulation/Definition
    ...first causes the production of widespread small clots that interfere with oxygen delivery and may lead to multiorgan failure, and then, due to exhaustion of
    395 bytes (56 words) - 18:25, 18 September 2010
  • Oxygen/Bibliography
    *Lane N. (2002) Oxygen: The Molecule That Made the World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-8
    453 bytes (65 words) - 23:37, 23 April 2008
  • Power (disambiguation)
    {{rpl|Oxygen firing power plant}} {{rpl|Oxygen firing power plant}}
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  • Diatomic molecule
    Examples of elements that form diatomic molecules in the gas phase are oxygen and nitrogen (the main components of air), as well as hydrogen and at least
    332 bytes (53 words) - 21:15, 10 November 2020
  • Carbon monoxide/Related Articles
    {{r|Oxygen}}
    288 bytes (34 words) - 21:52, 6 November 2011
  • Blood gas analysis/Related Articles
    {{r|Oxygen}}
    373 bytes (47 words) - 02:53, 26 May 2010
  • Fluid resuscitation
    ...e needed to replace oxygen-carrying capacity, but there are some cell-free oxygen transport agents, which are administered in some of the fluids mentioned he
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