To remove oxygen from something; similar to deoxygenate but using the -ize verb suffix instead of -ate.
From de- + oxygenize (oxygenate with -ize suffix). The -ize suffix comes from Greek and is used in British English and scientific terminology as an alternative to -ate.
In British chemistry labs, you're more likely to hear 'deoxygenize' than 'deoxygenate'—it's one of those regional differences in technical vocabulary that confuses scientists working across the Atlantic!
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