酸素

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Kanji in this term
酸	素

Etymology

酸 (san, “acid”) + 素 (so, “chemical element”); from Dutch zuurstof (“oxygen”), zuur (“acid”) + stof (“substance”)

Considered to be used first in Udagawa Yōan's (宇田川榕菴, 1798 – 1846) book Introduction to Chemistry (舎密開宗, Seimi Kaisō), a compilation of various scientific books in Dutch.

Noun

酸素 (hiragana さんそ, romaji sanso)

1. oxygen, O
2. oxygen gas

Derived terms

• 酸素気 (さんそき, sansoki): oxygen gas(es)
• 酸素を送り込む: oxygenate
• 酸素酸 (sansosan): oxoacid
• 酸素吸入 (sanso kyūnyū): oxygen inhalation
• 酸素供給 (sanso kyōkyū): oxygen supply
• 酸素欠乏 (sanso ketsubō): oxygen deficiency
• 酸素テント (sanso tento): oxygen tent
• 酸素マスク (sanso masuku): oxygen mask
• 酸素添加酵素 (sanso tenka kōso): oxygenase
• 酸素アセチレン炎 (sanso-asechiren-en): oxyacetylene flame
• 重酸素 (jūsanso): heavy oxygen

• 低酸素脳症 (teisanso-nōshō): hypoxic encephalopathy
• 圧縮酸素 (asshuku sanso): compressed oxygen
• 液体酸素 (ekitai sanso): liquid oxygen
• 活性酸素 (kassei sanso): reactive oxygen
• 溶存酸素 (yōzon sanso): dissolved oxygen
• 高圧酸素室 (kōatsu-sansoshitsu): hyperbaric oxygen chamber
• 高圧酸素療法 (kōatsu sanso ryōhō): hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• 化学的酸素要求量 (kagakuteki sanso-yōkyūryō): chemical oxygen demand
• 生物化学的酸素要求量 (seibutsu kagakuteki sanso-yōkyūryō): biochemical oxygen demand

Related terms

• 酸化 (sanka): oxidation