oximeter

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.

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ox·im·e·ter äk-'sim-ət-ər n an instrument for measuring continuously the degree of oxygen saturation of the circulating blood
ox·i·met·ric .äk-sə-'me-trik adj

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n.
an instrument for measuring the proportion of oxygenated haemoglobin (oxyhaemoglobin) in the blood.

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ox·im·e·ter (ok-simґə-tər) a photoelectric device for determining the oxygen saturation of the blood.

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