Medical Definition of Oxygen consumption

1. The rate at which oxygen is used by a tissue; microliters of oxygen stpd used per milligram of tissue per hour; the rate at which oxygen enters the blood from alveolar gas, equal in the steady state to the consumption of oxygen by tissue metabolism throughout the body. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxygen Consumption

oxygenium
oxygenizable
oxygenize
oxygenize
oxygenized
oxygenizes
oxygenizing
oxygenless
oxygenous
oxygens
oxygen acid
oxygen affinity anoxia
oxygen affinity hypoxia
oxygen capacity
oxygen compounds
oxygen consumption (current term)
oxygen debt
oxygen debt
oxygen deficit
oxygen deficit
oxygen dependent killing
oxygen deprivation theory of narcosis
oxygen derived free radicals
oxygen effect
oxygen electrode
oxygen inhalation therapy
oxygen isotopes
oxygen mask
oxygen poisoning
oxygen radical

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