oximeter

English

WOTD – 12 December 2019

Etymology

A pulse oximeter (sense 2), consisting of a sensor on the finger attached to a device that displays information such as the level of oxygen in the blood and the pulse rate

oxi- (variant of oxy-) +‎ -meter.[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒkˈsɪmɪtə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɑkˈsɪmətɚ/, [-ɾɚ]
Hyphenation: oxi‧met‧er

Noun

oximeter (plural oximeters)

(chemistry) A device that measures the quantity of oxygen in something.
Synonym: eudiometer
(medicine, specifically) A device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood.

Alternative forms

oximetre (nonstandard)
oxymeter (dated, now nonstandard)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood

Chinese:
Mandarin: 血氧定量計, 血氧定量计 (xiěyǎngdìngliángjì)
French: oxymètre (fr) m
German: Oximeter m

Italian: ossimetro (it) m
Malay: oksimeter
Spanish: oxímetro m

References

Compare “oximeter, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2005; “oximeter” (US) / “oximeter” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Further reading

pulse oximetry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

oximetre

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