hypoxemia

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noun

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.

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hypoxia hypoxaemia anoxaemia hyperoxemia pseudohypoxemia hypohemia hyperoxia hyperoxygenation anoxemia normoxemia oxygen saturation normoxia desaturation asphyxia hypooxygenation hypohemoglobinemia

Associated

hypercapnia cyanosis dyspnea airway alveolar fetal pulmonary arterial oxygen respiratory ventilation

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