Meanings
nounoxygen saturation (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineThe proportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood.
As a result of all these mechanisms the arterial oxygen content, the oxygen saturation, the oxygen tension and the pCO₂ in arterial and jugular venous blood would be (Lambertsen):
1967, M.E. Sluijter, “The treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning by administration of oxygen at high atmospheric pressure”, in Gerard Meurant, editor, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, page 126
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Chinese Mandarin 氧飽和 /氧饱和, 氧饱和
- 氧飽和 /氧饱和 (yǎngbǎohé)condition of being saturated with oxygen
- 氧饱和 (yǎngbǎohé)condition of being saturated with oxygen
- 氧飽和度 /氧饱和度 (yǎngbǎohédù)proportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood
- 氧饱和度 (yǎngbǎohédù)proportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood
Finnish happikyllästeisyys, happisaturaatio
- happikyllästeisyyscondition of being saturated with oxygen
- happisaturaatiocondition of being saturated with oxygen
- happikyllästeisyysproportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood
- happisaturaatioproportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood
French saturation en oxygène
- saturation en oxygèneproportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood
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