underoxygenate

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ oxygenate.

Verb

underoxygenate (third-person singular simple present underoxygenates, present participle underoxygenating, simple past and past participle underoxygenated)

  1. (transitive) To oxygenate insufficiently.
    Antonym: overoxygenate
    • 1991 May, Jonathon W Gietzen, “Blood Gas Corner #29—A Case of Oxygen-Induced Hypoventilation”, in Respiratory Care, volume 36, number 5, American Association for Respiratory Care, →ISSN, page 433:
      If an attempt is made to use a low-flow oxygen device when a patient is in a labile period, the respiratory therapist will be unable to accurately adjust the oxygen flow to compensate for rapid changes in breathing pattern and may either overoxygenate or underoxygenate the patient.
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