Unscramble

o 1 x 8 i 1 m 3 e 1 t 1 e 1 r 1

8 letters · 17 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood

originFrom oxi- (variant of oxy-) + -meter. The word was first applied in sense 2 (“a device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood”) by American physiologist Glenn Allan Millikan (1906–1947).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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