oximeter
1oximeter — 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 …
2oximeter — 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] * * * …
3oximeter — noun A device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood …
4oximeter — 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… …
5oximeter — n. device for measuring the amount of oxygen in a substance (especially in hemoglobin) …
6oximeter — [ɒk sɪmɪtə] noun an instrument for measuring the proportion of oxygenated haemoglobin in the blood. Derivatives oximetry noun …
7oximeter — ox·im·e·ter …
8oximeter — n. an instrument for measuring the proportion of oxygenated haemoglobin (oxyhaemoglobin) in the blood …
9oximeter — noun a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood • Hypernyms: ↑measuring instrument, ↑measuring system, ↑measuring device …
10Pulse oximeter — A finger mounted pulse oximeter taking measurement through the fingernail. A wrist mounted remote sensor pulse oximeter with plethysmogram. A puls …
