Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 8 letters

oximeter

Limited data

No curated clues yet.

Use pattern search to check whether the word fits.

8 lettersPronunciation /ɒkˈsɪmɪtə/Part of speech nounSorted eeimortxStarts with OEnds with R0 clues
1O2X3I4M5E6T7E8R

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

O_______

Definitions

  1. a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • EUDIO′METER. [...] An instrument by which the quantity of oxygen and nitrogen in atmospheric air is ascertained: an oxymeter.
  • The Chorella experiment studied the growth of algae cultures in a nutrient medium, and an oxymeter was used to study the concentrations of oxygen in human tissue in weightlessness.
  • At 8 to 10 G, ear oximeter readings may fall to 75 percent saturation. The lungs, afterward, may show some atelectasis.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues

No curated clues for oximeter yet.

Related words