oxygen saturation

English

Etymology

oxygen +‎ saturation

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

oxygen saturation (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) The condition of being saturated with oxygen.
    • 1873, William Wesley Eckenfelder, Water Quality Engineering for Practicing Engineers, page 135:
      Oxygen saturation in water is related to temperature.
  2. (medicine) The proportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood.
    • 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:
      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):

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