alcometern.

Brit.

/alˈkɒmᵻtə/, U.S.

/ælˈkɑmədər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: alcohol n., -meter comb. form².

Etymology: < alco- (in alcohol n.) + -meter comb. form²; in early use a trademark in the United States. Compare earlier alcoholometer n.

An instrument for determining the level of alcohol in the breath; a breathalyser. Cf. alcoholometer n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun] > instrument to measure alcohol in breath or blood

intoximeter1941

alcometer1949

breathalyser1954

1949 Salt Lake Tribune 30 Apr. ii. 17/2 The alcometer automatically determines the amount of alcohol in the blood by measuring the amount of alcohol in the exhaled breath of the person being tested.

1950 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 Feb. 523/1 The Alcometer, a breath-testing apparatus recently developed by the Department of Applied Physiology of Yale University.

1974 Telegraph (Brisbane) 6 Feb. 37/1 Dr. Piga claimed that the balloon-type alcometer issued to Spanish police..was inaccurate and unreliable.

1991 Lancet 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.

2008 Kerryman (Ireland) (Nexis) 17 Dec. Getting a strong smell of liquor from his breath, he was asked to blow into an alcometer—which indicated he was over the limit for alcohol.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alcometer
释义	alcometern. Brit. /alˈkɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /ælˈkɑmədər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: alcohol n., -meter comb. form². Etymology: < alco- (in alcohol n.) + -meter comb. form²; in early use a trademark in the United States. Compare earlier alcoholometer n. An instrument for determining the level of alcohol in the breath; a breathalyser. Cf. alcoholometer n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun] > instrument to measure alcohol in breath or blood intoximeter1941 alcometer1949 breathalyser1954 1949 Salt Lake Tribune 30 Apr. ii. 17/2 The alcometer automatically determines the amount of alcohol in the blood by measuring the amount of alcohol in the exhaled breath of the person being tested. 1950 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 Feb. 523/1 The Alcometer, a breath-testing apparatus recently developed by the Department of Applied Physiology of Yale University. 1974 Telegraph (Brisbane) 6 Feb. 37/1 Dr. Piga claimed that the balloon-type alcometer issued to Spanish police..was inaccurate and unreliable. 1991 Lancet 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. 2008 Kerryman (Ireland) (Nexis) 17 Dec. Getting a strong smell of liquor from his breath, he was asked to blow into an alcometer—which indicated he was over the limit for alcohol. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1949
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