oximeter

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A device that measures the quantity of oxygen in something, particularly air in the atmosphere.

   “The instruments in which the oxigen gas of a determined quantity of air was ascertained, received the name of EUDIOMETERS, because they were considered as measurers of the purity of air. They are however more properly called OXIMETERS.”

2. isim A device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood.

   “At 8 to 10 G, ear oximeter readings may fall to 75 percent saturation. The lungs, afterward, may show some atelectasis.”