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hypoxemia

hypoxemia noun: 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.

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

hypoxemia meaning in Tamil

hypoxemia in Tamil

இரத்த உயிர் வளிக்குறை

Forms of hypoxemia

pluralhypoxemias
alternative formhypoxaemia

Origin of hypoxemia

By surface analysis, hyp- + ox- + -emia.

Words formed from hypoxemia

Questions about hypoxemia

What does hypoxemia mean?
Hypoxemia means 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.
What is hypoxemia in Tamil?
Hypoxemia in Tamil is இரத்த உயிர் வளிக்குறை. See Hypoxemia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypoxemia?
Hypoxemia is a noun.
What is the plural of hypoxemia?
The plural of hypoxemia is hypoxemias.

Words near hypoxemia in the dictionary

  1. hypoxaemias
  2. hypoxaemic
  3. hypoxanthin
  4. hypoxanthine
  5. hypoxanthines
  6. hypoxemia
  7. hypoxemias
  8. hypoxemic
  9. hypoxemically
  10. hypoxerophilic
  11. hypoxia

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