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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A device, usually attached to the earlobe or fingertip, that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood by sensing and recording capillary pulsations.
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- noun medicine A device used to
monitor theoxygen level of a patient'sblood
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