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Organ or Tissue Function
oxygen transport
ox·y·gen trans·port
Definitions related to oxygen transport:
  • The directed movement of oxygen (O2) into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • Transfer of oxygen from lungs or other organs of respiration and delivery to tissue including exchange of oxygen between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood across the blood-air barrier, and binding or disassociation with hemoglobin.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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