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hypoxaemia

hypoxaemia is the alternative spelling of hypoxemia.

Meaning of hypoxemia

Noun

hypoxemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypoxemias)

  1. An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, whether the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.
    • The most profound abnormality determines the oxygen deficiency category ... of hypoxemia.1984, Alan Morris, Richard Kanner, Robert Crapo, Reed Gardner, Clinical Pulmonary Function Testing. A manual of uniform laboratory procedures, 2nd edition

Forms of hypoxaemia

pluralhypoxaemias

Questions about hypoxaemia

What is hypoxaemia the alternative spelling of?
Hypoxaemia is the alternative spelling of hypoxemia.

Words near hypoxaemia in the dictionary

  1. hypovolemias
  2. hypovolemic
  3. hypovolæmia
  4. hypovolæmias
  5. hypovolæmic
  6. hypoxaemia
  7. hypoxaemias
  8. hypoxaemic
  9. hypoxanthin
  10. hypoxanthine
  11. hypoxanthines

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