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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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Although he refused a Breathalyzer test, his license was not suspended, as the law requires.
The company that makes this also sells pocket breathalyzers.
We still have a bar in our parties," said Katal, "but there is security so no one can get outside the building with drinks, and there are breathalyzers where people can voluntarily check how much they've had to drink.
 
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