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3 definitions found 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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