Blood gas is a laboratory test of blood where the purpose is primarily to measure ventilation and oxygenation. The source is generally noted by an added word to the beginning; arterial blood gases come from arteries, venous blood gases come from veins and capillary blood gases come from capillaries.
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Famous quotes containing the words blood and/or gas:
“O, the blood more stirs
To rouse a lion than to start a hare!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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Legs lagged like drains, slippers soft as fungus,
The gas and grate, the old cold sour grey bed.”
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