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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aeration \A`["e]r*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. a['e]ration.]
1. Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as
a["e]ration of soil, of spawn, etc
2. (Physiol.) A change produced in the blood by exposure to
the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in
respiration; arterialization.
3. The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas
or with oxygen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arterialization \Ar*te`ri*al*i*za"tion\, n. (Physiol.)
The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood
during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed
and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also {a["e]ration} and
{hematosis}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
aeration
n 1: the process of exposing to air (so as to purify)
2: the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it
effervescent
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