oximeter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɒkˈsɪmɪtə/    美 /ɑkˈsɪmətɚ/|[-ɾɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device that measures the quantity of oxygen in something, particularly air in the atmosphere.
    — The instruments in which the oxigen gas of a determined quantity of air was ascertained, received the name of EUDIOMETERS, because they were considered as measurers of the purity of air. They are however more properly called OXIMETERS.
  2. 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. specifically
    — The Millikan oxymeter, with which Dr. Howard Bierman has been working and which he has discussed with this group, can be attached to the external ear and gives prompt information about oxygen saturation. It is so calibrated that the administration of 97 to 100% oxygen to normal individuals causes an increase of 5 per cent in the oxymeter reading.

词形变化

oximeters plural oximetre alternative,nonstandard oxymeter alternative,dated,nonstandard

词汇关系

衍生词
CO-oximeter oximetric oximetry pulse oximeter

词源

From oxi- (variant of oxy-) + -meter. 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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