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Etymology

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oxygen +‎ -ous

Adjective

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oxygenous (comparative more oxygenous, superlative most oxygenous)

  1. (obsolete) oxygenic
    • 1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary, volume 2, page 279:
      The colour we now know to be owing to the influence of the oxygenous gas, and the darker colour of venal blood to carbone.