Term: arterial blood gases: measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: relish: spicy or savory condiment
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: sand lance: very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: drollery: a quaint and amusing jest
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: electroencephalograph: medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: brittlebush: fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: anchorage: the condition of being secured to a base
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: edge: the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: parisology: the use of ambiguous words
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: formulary: (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: put-put: a small gasoline engine (as on motor boat)