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equivalent oxygen pressure

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oxygen pressure, equivalent (EOP) 
A percentage value of the assumed oxygen pressure existing behind a contact lens. The oxygen pressure in the air corresponds to about 20.9% (or about 159 mmHg; that value is actually close to 155 mmHg because of the presence of water vapour) and each percentage point is equal to a pressure of about 7.4 mmHg.


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