breath test

noun

: a test that is used by the police to measure how much alcohol a person has drunk

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Cha admitted to taking a shot of alcohol and provided a preliminary breath test, which showed his blood-alcohol concentration was 0.05. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Garcia instead proposed to increase the penalty for refusing an alcohol breath test for the first time from a $500 civil penalty to a one-year boat-driving suspension. Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025 For example, a blood test can detect alcohol for up to 12 hours, whereas a breath test can detect the substance for 12 to 24 hours. Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025 After a few of the tests were complete, police said Geer stopped cooperating and refused a preliminary breath test. Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024 Johnson then read Bryan the November 2022 Implied Consent test request and informed him the test would be a breath test. Janelle Ash, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024 Timberlake, who purportedly refused a breath test, was arraigned later that day, then released, according to the Associated Press. Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 26 July 2024 For law student Kate Collins-Palmer, who was diagnosed with SIBO via a breath test in 2015, rifaximin seemed to make things worse, at least temporarily. Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024 There are four ways to test for H. pylori: a urea breath test, a stool antigen test, an upper endoscopy, and a blood test. Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 26 Sep. 2024

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Medical Definition

breath test

noun
: a test to detect the presence of one or more substances (such as hydrogen, carbon dioxide, or alcohol) in a person's exhaled breath
breath testing noun
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