Definition: 'Oximetry'
oximetry
Type: TermPronunciation: ok-sim′ĕ-trē
Definitions:
1. Procedure using a device to measure oxygen saturation by fluctations of light absorption in well-vascularized tissue during systole and diastole. The underlying principle is the Beer law, or the relationship between the amount of light absorbed by a solute in solution and the concentration of the unknown solute.
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