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Low Blood Oxygen Saturation
Definition 1
A low level of the degree to which oxygen is bound to hemoglobin given as a percentage calculated by dividing the maximum oxygen capacity into the actual oxygen content and multiplying by 100. Oxygen saturation usually is measured using pulse oximetry. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
The calculated measurements indicating the degree to which oxygen is bound to hemoglobin is low. (Food and Drug Administration)
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