breath analyzer
Intoxication detection device
A breath analyzer is a device that measures alcohol content in exhaled breath, used primarily by law enforcement to test for drunk driving.
The subject blows into the device, which estimates blood alcohol concentration.
Also spelled breathalyzer, which began as a trademark but now functions as a generic term: The officer asked him to blow into the breathalyzer.
- breathalyzerAlcohol detection device
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
- blood alcoholEthanol concentration in bloodstream
- drunkImpaired by alcohol
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
field sobriety · DUI · police · blow · BAC · legal limit · intoxicated · under the influence · drunk driving · roadside · checkpoint · probable cause · test · officer · traffic stop · impaired · device · reading
breath analyzerblood test
Diagnostic fluid analysis
blood draw · blood alcohol test · urinalysis · hair follicle test · saliva test
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