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Oxygen analyzer
Device measuring the amount of oxygen in the air. Room air is 21 percent oxygen. Increasing the amount of oxygen in the air improves the transfer of oxygen from the atmosphere to the hemoglobin in the blood and, subsequently, to the tissues.
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