ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases

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Hypernyms ("arterial blood gases" is a kind of...):

measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)

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