arterial blood gases

Definitions of arterial blood gases
  1. noun
    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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    measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration
    the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
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