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OXIMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oximeter mean?
• OXIMETER (noun)
The noun OXIMETER has 1 sense:
1. a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood
Familiarity information: OXIMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("oximeter" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Context examples
A method to assess fetal oxygenation status during labor and delivery using a noninvasive reflectance pulse oximeter.
(Fetal Pulse Oximetry, NCI Thesaurus)
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