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SO2

SO2 is the initialism of oxygen saturation.

Meaning of oxygen saturation

Noun

oxygen saturation (uncountable)

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

Forms of SO2

pluralSO2s

Questions about SO2

What is SO2 the initialism of?
SO2 is the initialism of oxygen saturation.

Words near SO2 in the dictionary

  1. so-soish
  2. so.
  3. So. Be.
  4. So.Be.
  5. SO15
  6. SO2
  7. SOA
  8. SOAB
  9. Soacha
  10. SOAD
  11. Soady

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