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SpO2

SpO2 is the initialism of peripheral oxygen saturation.

Meaning of peripheral oxygen saturation

Noun

peripheral oxygen saturation (uncountable)

  1. An estimation of the oxygen saturation level usually measured with a pulse oximeter device.

Forms of SpO2

pluralSpO2s

Origin of SpO2

from peripheral oxygen saturation Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περί (perí) Ancient Greek περῐ- (perĭ-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Ancient Greek περιφέρω (periphérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek περιφερής (peripherḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ια (-ia) Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia)bor. Latin peripheriabor. Middle French peripheriebor. English peripher(y) Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English peripheral Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen Late Latin saturatiobor. English saturation English peripheral...

Words formed from SpO2

Questions about SpO2

What is SpO2 the initialism of?
SpO2 is the initialism of peripheral oxygen saturation.

Words near SpO2 in the dictionary

  1. spn
  2. SPNAK
  3. SPNEGO
  4. spns
  5. SPO
  6. SpO2
  7. SpO2/FiO2
  8. SpO2/FiO2 ratio
  9. SpO2/FiO2 ratios
  10. SpO2/FiO2s
  11. SpO2s

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Adapted from Wiktionary: SpO2 (page history and authors); peripheral oxygen saturation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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