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Meaning of hipoxemia by Felipe Lorenzo del Río





Felipe Lorenzo del Río

hipoxemia
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In medicine, low concentration of oxygen in the blood. From Greek hypo, bass, under and oksys, sharp, penetrating. Oxygen inhaled in breathing binds in the lungs to the iron atoms of hemoglobin and is distributed to all cells and organs in the body. Hypoxia or oxygen loss in the latter is a consequence of hypoxemia.

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