oxygen saturation

English

Etymology

oxygen +‎ saturation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

oxygen saturation (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) The condition of being saturated with oxygen.
   • 1873, William Wesley Eckenfelder, Water Quality Engineering for Practicing Engineers, page 135:

     Oxygen saturation in water is related to temperature.

2. (medicine) The proportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood.
   • 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:

     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):

Translations

condition of being saturated with oxygen

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氧飽和／氧饱和 (yǎngbǎohé), 氧饱和 (yǎngbǎohé)

• Finnish: happikyllästeisyys, happisaturaatio (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can

proportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氧飽和度／氧饱和度 (yǎngbǎohédù), 氧饱和度 (yǎngbǎohédù)

• Finnish: happikyllästeisyys, happisaturaatio (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can

See also

• peripheral oxygen saturation
• SpO2/FiO2 ratio