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Breathalyzer
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Breathalyzer
[breth′əlī′zər]
trademark for a device that analyzes exhaled air. It is commonly used to test for blood alcohol levels; the test is based on the relationship between alcohol in the breath and alcohol in the blood circulating through the lungs. Also spelled Breathalyser.

breathalyzer
Public health A device used to detect alcohol on a suspected drunk driver's breath; see DWI


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On Sunday, the passenger of a car whose driver had been stopped for a breathalyser test assaulted officers and damaged two police vehicles.
1967: The first breathalyser test in Britain was administered to a motorist in Somerset.
 
 
 
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