To remove oxygen from something, especially blood or water; to make less oxygenated.
From dis- + oxygenate (from oxygen + -ate). Oxygenate means to add oxygen, so disoxygenate means to remove it.
Medical researchers track disoxygenation in tissue to understand heart attacks—when blood can't deliver oxygen, tissues literally gasp and die!
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