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PRONUNCIATION OF BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL

blood alcohol level  [blʌd ˈælkəhɒl ˈlevəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blood alcohol level is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

blood alcohol level

Blood alcohol content

Blood alcohol content, also called blood alcohol concentration, blood ethanol concentration, or blood alcohol level is most commonly used as a metric of alcohol intoxication for legal or medical purposes. Blood alcohol content is usually expressed as a percentage of alcohol in the blood in units of mass of alcohol per volume of blood or mass of alcohol per mass of blood, depending on the country. For instance, in North America a BAC of 0.10 means that there are 0.10 g of alcohol for every dL of blood.

Definition of blood alcohol level in the English dictionary

The definition of blood alcohol level in the dictionary is the amount of alcohol in your blood.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL


approval
əˈpruːvəl
arrival
əˈraɪvəl
carnival
ˈkɑːnɪvəl
civil
ˈsɪvəl
devil
ˈdɛvəl
evil
ˈiːvəl
festival
ˈfɛstɪvəl
level
ˈlɛvəl
marvel
ˈmɑːvəl
medieval
ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl
multilevel
ˌmʌltɪˈlevəl
naval
ˈneɪvəl
nevel
ˈnevəl
novel
ˈnɒvəl
oval
ˈəʊvəl
removal
rɪˈmuːvəl
she-devil
ˈʃiːˌdevəl
sublevel
ˈsʌbˌlevəl
survival
səˈvaɪvəl
travel
ˈtrævəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL

blood alcohol
blood alcohol content
blood bank
blood bath
blood blister
blood brother
blood cell
blood cholesterol
blood cholesterol level
blood clot
blood corpuscle
blood count
blood diamond
blood disorder
blood donor
blood doping
blood feud
blood flow
blood fluke
blood group

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL

A level
A-level
acceptable quality level
Advanced level
confidence level
energy level
entry-level
eye level
ground level
high-level
low-level
O level
O-level
on a level
on the level
revel
sea level
split-level
street level
top-level
water level

Synonyms and antonyms of blood alcohol level in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «blood alcohol level» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL

Find out the translation of blood alcohol level to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blood alcohol level from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blood alcohol level» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

血液中酒精含量
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nivel de alcohol en la sangre
570 millions of speakers

English

blood alcohol level
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रक्त में अल्कोहल का स्तर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مستوى الكحول في الدم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Уровень алкоголя в крови
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nível de álcool no sangue
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রক্তের এলকোহল লেভেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

taux d´alcool dans le sang
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tahap alkohol darah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blutalkoholspiegel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

血中アルコール濃度
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혈중 알코올 농도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tingkat alkohol getih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

độ cồn trong máu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரத்த ஆல்கஹால் அளவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रक्तातील दारूचा स्तर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kan alkol seviyesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

livello di alcol nel sangue
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Poziom alkoholu we krwi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Рівень алкоголю в крові
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nivel de alcool în sânge
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίπεδο αλκοόλ στο αίμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bloedalkoholvlak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alkoholhalt i blodet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alkoholpromille
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blood alcohol level

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL»

The term «blood alcohol level» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.911 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blood alcohol level

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL»

Discover the use of blood alcohol level in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blood alcohol level and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia, Two Volume Set
(If drinking is not continued, the brain returns to its normal functioning and the effects of a drink or two will disappear in about an hour when the blood alcohol level returns to normal.) Some typical effects of various blood levels of alcohol follow: ...
Marion Eugene Ensminger, Audrey H. Ensminger, 1993
2
Handbook of Autopsy Practice
With certain limitations, one can base calculations of this kind on the assumption that the blood alcohol level decreases from its peak at a fairly constant rate of 0.0 15-0.01 8 g/dL/h until death ( 10). If blood is not available, conversion factors ...
Brenda L. Waters, 2010
3
Drug Abuse Handbook
In many of these deaths in which asphyxia is a contributing factor, the urine alcohol is considerably higher than the blood alcohol suggesting that the mechanism of death was coma resulting from a high blood alcohol level with subsequent ...
Steven B. Karch, MD, FFFLM, 1997
4
Concepts of Chemical Dependency
The Blood Alcohol Level Because it is not possible to measure the alcohol level in the drinker's brain, physicians have to settle for a measurement of the alcohol concentration in the drinker's blood, known as the blood alcohol level (BAL)22.
Harold Doweiko, 2011
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Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide to Hepatitis & Liver Disease
Blood-Alcohol Level Measurement of alcohol in the blood is quite accurate. However, these levels typically reflect the amount of alcohol consumed only on the previous day. So, if a person went to a party and had a few social drinks or drank ...
Melissa Palmer, 2004
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Forensic Pathology, Second Edition
A young boy may present with a fatal blood alcohol level of 0.450 g/dL and a vitreous alcohol of 0.12 g/dL. This indicates that he was ingesting large quantities of alcohol over a short time and died before there could be any equilibration ...
Dominick DiMaio, Vincent J.M. DiMaio, M.D., 2001
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The Science of Drinking: How Alcohol Affects Your Body and Mind
For example, if you are a 125—pound women who consumed four drinks in four hours, then your estimated blood alcohol level is 0.164 percent minus 0.015 multiplied by four, which is 0.060, accounting for the burning of alcohol. Therefore  ...
Amitava Dasgupta, 2011
8
Drugs and Society
The blood alcohol level produced depends on the presence of food in the stomach, the rate of alcohol consumption, the concentration of the alcohol, and the drinker's body composition. Fatty foods, meat, and milk slow the absorption of alcohol ...
Glen Hanson, Peter Venturelli, Annette Fleckenstein, 2009
9
California Drunk Driving Law
Further, even though the first jury rejected the .08 finding, the evidence that Smith's blood alcohol level was .17 about one hour after the accident was still relevant to the prosecution's case on the issue of whether he was impaired at the time of ...
Paul Burglin, Ed Kuwatch, Barry Simons, 2002
10
Drunk Driving Defense
In the words of the California Supreme Court, "[c]harts are readily available to the public that show with reasonable certainty the number of different alcoholic beverages necessary for a particular individual to reach a blood-alcohol level of 0.10 ...
Lawrence Taylor, Steven Oberman, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blood alcohol level is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Forest Grove police log: Ice cream turf war, rotten potatoes ignite …
His blood alcohol level was .21 percent. Police responded to a traffic crash at Pacific Avenue and Oregon 47. One driver was arrested after it ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
2
Lapel camera footage released of woman after deadly DWI hit-and-run
... one 40-ounce mug of beer – which doesn't click with her blood alcohol level. Police lapel camera footage of last month's arrest of 23-year-old ... «KOB.com, Jul 15»
3
'I was trying to scare the guy': court hears racist attack led to stabbing …
A toxicology report revealed Hayden had a blood alcohol level of between 0.18 to 0.19 and had consumed illicit drugs on the night he died. «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
4
Saginaw man charged with felonies in connection with I-75 fatal crash
A phlebotomist took a blood sample from Brown at 6:21 a.m. The results of that test indicate his blood alcohol level was at 0.105, court records ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
5
PEI RCMP checkpoints nab drunk drivers
A woman arrested in Cornwall on Sunday is facing a drunk driving charge after she allegedly had a blood alcohol level three times the legal ... «The Guardian Charlottetown, Jul 15»
6
Man arrested for 6th OWI
With Kerr's priors, he had to have a blood alcohol level less than .02 to legally drive a vehicle. Kerr was convicted of operating while intoxicated ... «Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, Jul 15»
7
Report: Rock Hill DUI suspect bit police during arrest at Bojangles
At the police department, her blood alcohol level was found to be .2 percent – more than twice the legal limit. Davis was charged with driving ... «The Herald, Jul 15»
8
Whitney Point woman charged with DWI, endangering welfare of a …
... after being involved in an accident and having a blood alcohol level of .16 percent. She was driving with two children in the car, troopers said. «WBNG-TV, Jul 15»
9
Woman arrested for drunk driving with kids in car
McKinney registered a .13 blood alcohol level on a portable breath test. Indiana's legal limit is .08. The complainant told police he had been ... «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»
10
70-year-old guilty in DUI crash
He failed several field sobriety tests, and a later check of his blood alcohol level showed he had a BAC of .15, almost twice the legal limit for ... «The Phoenix, Jul 15»

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