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Dissolved oxygen

Dissolved oxygen

(Science: biochemistry) The concentration of oxygen dissolved in water, expressed in mg/l or as percent saturation, where saturation is the maximum amount of oxygen that can theoretically be dissolved in water at a given altitude and temperature.


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