pulse oximetry

English

A pulse oximeter

Noun

pulse oximetry (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A noninvasive method allowing the monitoring of the oxygenation of a patient's hemoglobin, using a sensor placed on a thin part of the patient's anatomy, usually a fingertip or earlobe.

   Synonym: pulse ox

Related terms

• pulse oximeter
• pulse oximetric

Translations

method of monitoring of the oxygenation of hemoglobin

• Afrikaans: pols-oksimeter
• Belarusian: аксігемаметрыя f (aksihjemamjetryja)
• Catalan: pulsioximetria f
• Czech: pulzní oxymetrie f
• French: oxymétrie colorimétrique (fr) f, oxymétrie de pouls (fr) f
• German: Pulsoxymetrie f
• Hungarian: pulzoximetria
• Icelandic: súrefnismettunarmæling f
• Polish: pulsoksymetria f
• Russian: пульсоксиметрия (ru) f (pulʹsoksimetrija)
• Slovak: pulzová oxymetria f
• Spanish: pulsioximetría (es) f