Medical Dictionary

oxygen dissociation curve

noun \-ˈkərv\

Medical Definition of OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE

:  a curve determined by plotting on a graph the partial pressure of oxygen in blood as the abscissa and the percentage of hemoglobin combined with oxygen in the form of oxyhemoglobin as the ordinate

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