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alcometer, n.|ælˈkɒmɪtə(r)| Also Alcometer. [f. alcohol n. + -meter.] An instrument for determining the level of alcohol in the breath.
[1941Q. Jrnl. Stud. Alcohol II. 58 The purpose of the Alcoholometer..is to fulfill all these conditions through a portable robot which collects a sample of expired air..and registers the results in terms of alcohol concentration of the blood.] 1950Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 Feb. 523/1 The Alcometer, a breath-testing apparatus recently developed by the Department of Applied Physiology of Yale University. 1974Telegraph (Brisbane) 6 Feb. 37/1 Dr. Piga claimed that the balloon-type alcometer issued to Spanish police..was inaccurate and unreliable. 1991Lancet 7 Sept. 607/1 In the early studies patients were awake and breathed spontaneously into the alcometer; now the method has been applied to unconscious patients. |