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breath analyzer

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noun

  1. an instrument consisting of a small bag or tube filled with chemically treated crystals, into which a sample of a motorist's breath is taken as a test for intoxication.


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Last year as a doctoral student, Banga won a second-tier Baxter Young Investigator Award for a handheld breath analyzer that can detect respiratory diseases, including COVID-19, in seconds.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024

One of these devices may be a portable breath analyzer for pediatric asthma that will look for five common inflammatory markers of the disease, said Frederick A. Dombrose, president of the Hartwell Foundation in Memphis.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2011

When pollution became a problem in Denver, he carried a breath analyzer in his van for constituents who wanted to know the amount of carbon monoxide in their lungs.

From Time Magazine Archive

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