Medical Definition of Desaturation

1. The act, or the result of the act, of making something less completely saturated; more specifically, the percentage of total binding sites remaining unfilled, e.g., when haemoglobin is 70% saturated with oxygen and nothing else, its desaturation is 30%. Compare: saturation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desaturation

desalinizing
desalt
desalted
desalter
desalters
desalting
desalting
desalts
desamidise
desand
desanded
desanding
desands
desaturase
desaturate
desaturation (current term)
Desault's bandage
desault dislocation
descale
descaled
descales
descaling
descant
descanted
descanter
descanters
descanting
descants
descant on
Descartes

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