intoximetern.
/ɪnˈtɒksɪmiːtə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈtɑksəˌmidər/ Originally U.S.
Any of various devices for measuring the concentration of alcohol vapour in a person's breath, esp. as a test for intoxication carried out by a law enforcement officer in order to establish fitness for driving a motor vehicle. Cf. breathalyser n.Breath alcohol concentration correlates to blood alcohol concentration.A proprietary name in the United States.
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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
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > device for measuring intoxication
drunkometer1934
intoximeter1941
1941 Arch. Pathol. 32 830 A diagram of the so-called perchlorate apparatus for the determination of breath alcohol (obtained from the Intoximeter Company, of Niagara Falls, N. Y.) is shown in figure 1.
1971 Health Lab. Sci. 8 129/1 These [sc. instruments] were the breathalyzer, intoximeter, drunkometer and sober-meter.
1999 Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne, Wyoming) (Nexis) 25 July a6 One way some bars in other states have tried to alleviate the problem is by installing intoximeters that people can use to check their blood alcohol level.
2020 Bolton News (Nexis) 8 Dec. Mr Stephenson added that, at the police station he failed to blow into the official intoximeter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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