- oximeter
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ox- + -i- + -meter Date: 1929 an instrument for measuring continuously the degree of oxygen saturation of the circulating blood • oximetry noun
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oximeter
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oximeter — oximetric /ok si me trik/, adj. /ok sim i teuhr/, n. Med. an instrument for measuring the oxygen saturation of the hemoglobin in a sample of blood. [1940 45; OX + I + METER] * * * … Universalium
oximeter — noun A device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood … Wiktionary
oximeter — An instrument for determining photoelectrically the oxygen saturation of a sample of blood. cuvette o. an o. that reads the percentage of oxygen saturation of the blood as it passes through a cuvette outside the body. * * * ox·im·e·ter äk sim ət… … Medical dictionary
oximeter — n. device for measuring the amount of oxygen in a substance (especially in hemoglobin) … English contemporary dictionary
oximeter — [ɒk sɪmɪtə] noun an instrument for measuring the proportion of oxygenated haemoglobin in the blood. Derivatives oximetry noun … English new terms dictionary
oximeter — ox·im·e·ter … English syllables
oximeter — n. an instrument for measuring the proportion of oxygenated haemoglobin (oxyhaemoglobin) in the blood … The new mediacal dictionary
oximeter — noun a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood • Hypernyms: ↑measuring instrument, ↑measuring system, ↑measuring device … Useful english dictionary
Pulse oximeter — A finger mounted pulse oximeter taking measurement through the fingernail. A wrist mounted remote sensor pulse oximeter with plethysmogram. A puls … Wikipedia
CO-oximeter — Finger tip carboxyhemoglobin saturation monitor. A CO oximeter is a device for detecting hypoxia, a medical condition relating to oxygen deficiency at tissue level. The device measures absorption at several wavelengths to distinguish… … Wikipedia
