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At 67 percent oxygen saturation, the normal is about 97.

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  1. adjective Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical: normal room temperature; one's normal weight; normal diplomatic relations.
  2. adjective Biology Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies.
  3. adjective Chemistry Designating a solution having one gram equivalent weight of solute per liter of solution.
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  • At 67 percent oxygen saturation, the normal is about 97. —  Dr. Seyi Oyesola tours a hospital in Nigeria
  • I think first of all our normal is aggressive and recognize arguably we are always going to try to maintain some dollars, but, again when the selling price on an item there for Costco is it 15 bucks, and I'm making the number up here, but let's say the cost therefore was 13.50 we made $1.50. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • "Twenty degrees warmer than normal is notable," he said, adding that the normal is an average comprising warm, sunny and cold, wet days - the changeable mix that makes up every spring. —  MailTribune.com Latest Headlines
  • And that's now what we know as the normal version.
  • The tricolor screen comes on but my computer running xp doesnt respond as normal which is to say that activsync does not find my device and the usual sound made when a usb device is plugged in does not happen hence i dont see how I can make your suggestions work. —  MoDaCo WinMo News
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  1. Middle English, from Late Latin normālis, from Latin, made according to the square, from norma, carpenter's square; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = F. Spanish Portuguese normal = Italian normale, from Latin normalis, according to the carpenters' square or rule, from norma, a carpenters' square, a rule, a pattern: see norm.
 

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