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ox·y·gen
 oxygen
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noun |
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a gas with no color or smell that is one of the chemical elements. Oxygen combines with hydrogen to make water. It also makes up about twenty percent of the earth's atmosphere. Most living things need oxygen. (symbol: O)
The oxygen we breathe is delivered to various organs by the blood. |
| related words: |
air |
| derivations: |
oxygenic (adj.), oxygenous (adj.), oxygenicity (n.) |
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air, blood, breathe, cell, ecosystem, element, health, leaf, life, life cycle, respiration, tree, water |
The word oxygen
contains the following part:
gen, gener
Latin and Greek
root
that means birth, origin, race, kind
  Example words:
gene, general, generate, generation, generator, generic, generous, genetic, genius, gentleman, genuine, hydrogen, indigenous, ingenious, oxygen
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