Hypoxemia definition
Insufficient oxygenation of the blood.
noun
Insufficient oxygenation of the blood.
noun
(medicine) An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
hypoxemia
Plural:
hypoxemias