oximeter

Meaning

Noun

A device that measures the quantity of oxygen in something, particularly air in the atmosphere.
A device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood.

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Origin

. The word was first applied in sense 2 (“a device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood”) by American physiologist Glenn Allan Millikan (1906–1947).

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