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Glenn Allan Millikan

American physiologist (1906–1947)

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  • Momentum3.4
  • Wikipedia405
Lived 1906–1947, aged 41United States
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    1906–1947
    Aged 41
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Updated 2026-06-17

Glenn Allan Millikan was an American physiologist, inventor and mountaineer. Millikan invented the first practical, portable oximeter in 1940–1942. The Millikan oximeter "is generally acknowledged as the beginning of oximetry in physiology and clinical medicine." The word oximeter was introduced by Millikan.

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