oxygen saturation
nounEtymology From oxygen + saturation.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The condition of being saturated with oxygen.
- Oxygen saturation in water is related to temperature.1873, William Wesley Eckenfelder, Water Quality Engineering for Practicing Engineers, page 135:
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Medicine, Sciences The 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:
- Related terms
- peripheral oxygen saturation, SpO2/FiO2 ratio