arterial blood gases

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   measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases

   Broadermeasurement

Questions about arterial blood gases

What does arterial blood gases mean?

arterial blood gases means "measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases".

Is arterial blood gases a common word?

arterial blood gases is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.