See Also: desaturation(medicine)

nomenclator (iou) and desaturation (medicine)


nomenclator (iou)



nomenclator noun. M16.
[Latin (in senses 3, 4), from nomen name + calare call.]
A pupil appointed to supervise part of the class to which he belonged. rare. Only in M16.
A book containing collections or lists of names or words. Long rare. L16.
b. A compiler of lists of names or words. rare. Only in E17.
A person who announces, or tells to another, the names of people, esp. guests. L16.
Roman History. A servant or dependent whose duty it was to inform his master of the names of people, esp. ones canvassing for office. Also, a steward who assigned or indicated the places of guests at a banquet. E17.
A person who devises or assigns names; spec. a person who names or classifies natural objects. M17.
no,mencla'torial adjective of or pertaining to a nomenclator or nomenclature L19.

desaturation (medicine)


desaturation


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.