oximetry
noun
oximetry is a noun meaning “The measurement of the oxygen level in arterial blood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-X-I-M-E-T-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does oximetry mean?
noun
- 1
The measurement of the oxygen level in arterial blood
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of oximetry
- oxymetry
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is oximetry?
Oximetry appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does oximetry come from?
From oxi- + -metry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).