breath testn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛθ tɛst/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛθ ˌtɛst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breath n., test n.¹

Etymology: < breath n. + test n.¹

1. Any test undertaken to determine the presence or concentration of alcohol vapour in a person’s breath; spec. a test for intoxication carried out with a breathalyser by a law enforcement officer, in order to establish fitness for driving a motor vehicle. Cf. breathalyser test at breathalyser n.Prior to the invention of the breathalyser in 1954, a variety of other devices were used to test the breath of drivers for alcohol, see e.g. quot. 1927.Breath alcohol concentration correlates to blood alcohol concentration; see breath alcohol n. at breath n. Compounds 2.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > breathalyser test

breath test1861

breath testing1927

drunkometer1934

breathalyser1954

B-test1967

1861 A. Wynter in Once a Week 16 Nov. 580/2 Not far from the drunkard's breath-test, we find an enormous bottle filled with water.

1927 Nottingham Evening Post 30 Dec. 8/3 Breath test of alcohol...The test consisted of the inflation of a football bladder by the accused person, and the subsequent measurement of the amount of alcohol contained in his breath.

1956 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 15 Apr. 19/3 The men arrested a number of drunks, who would have been hazardous on the road, and got breath tests on all of them...One of the newest devices for detecting alcohol on the breath is the ‘breathalyzer’ which is considered easier to operate than the balloon test.

1966 Economist 12 Nov. 650/3 She has dropped her proposal for random road-side breath-tests for drivers.

2019 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 July 6 Between June 24 and July 7, officers across the country carried out 3,076 breath tests, with 238 of those showing drivers were over the breath-alcohol limit.

2. Medicine. Any of various diagnostic tests based on the presence or the quantity of specific, usually volatile, substances in the breath of the patient.

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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > specific test

pneobiomantia1846

blood test1851

drug test1863

Romberg test1872

Rinne1881

Romberg's sign1884

tuberculin test1892

guaiac test1894

agglutination1896

percolation test1899

Pirquet test1908

skin test1908

Wassermann1909

Romberg1915

Pandy('s) test1916

glucose tolerance test1917

Kolmer1921

patch test1922

skin testing1923

provocation1924

Kolmer–Wassermann1925

Queckenstedt1928

Kline1929

Prausnitz–Küstner1929

cross-match1930

Mantoux test1931

paraffin test1935

Paul–Bunnell test1935

stress test1937

Burpee test1939

lepromin test1939

patch testing1941

pinprick1941

breath test1945

provocation test1948

protamine titration1949

Coombs test1950

smear test1950

Schilling test1955

tanned-(red-)cell1956

amniocentesis1958

Pap smear1963

Pap test1963

drugs test1967

Schultz–Charlton1974

amnio1984

cross-matching-

1945 Brit. Jrnl. Industr. Med. 2 207/1 We were unable to carry out further tests to confirm this and the breath test was inconclusive, the control sample showing that the atmosphere in which it was done was contaminated with radon.

1970 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Sept. 673/1 Three patients with diarrhoea and a positive breath test result responded to antibiotics, whereas two with diarrhoea and a negative test result did not.

1994 News-Herald (Franklin, Pa.) 24 Mar. 5/5 Several researchers are working on a breath test for cancer, based on indications that people with lung cancer have elevated levels of certain chemical ‘markers’ in the breath.

2020 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 May a5 (caption) Right, a Covid-19 detection device... The breath test could handle 2,000 tests a day, and may be suitable for airports.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breath test
释义	breath testn. Brit. /ˈbrɛθ tɛst/, U.S. /ˈbrɛθ ˌtɛst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breath n., test n.¹ Etymology: < breath n. + test n.¹ 1. Any test undertaken to determine the presence or concentration of alcohol vapour in a person’s breath; spec. a test for intoxication carried out with a breathalyser by a law enforcement officer, in order to establish fitness for driving a motor vehicle. Cf. breathalyser test at breathalyser n.Prior to the invention of the breathalyser in 1954, a variety of other devices were used to test the breath of drivers for alcohol, see e.g. quot. 1927.Breath alcohol concentration correlates to blood alcohol concentration; see breath alcohol n. at breath n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > breathalyser test breath test1861 breath testing1927 drunkometer1934 breathalyser1954 B-test1967 1861 A. Wynter in Once a Week 16 Nov. 580/2 Not far from the drunkard's breath-test, we find an enormous bottle filled with water. 1927 Nottingham Evening Post 30 Dec. 8/3 Breath test of alcohol...The test consisted of the inflation of a football bladder by the accused person, and the subsequent measurement of the amount of alcohol contained in his breath. 1956 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 15 Apr. 19/3 The men arrested a number of drunks, who would have been hazardous on the road, and got breath tests on all of them...One of the newest devices for detecting alcohol on the breath is the ‘breathalyzer’ which is considered easier to operate than the balloon test. 1966 Economist 12 Nov. 650/3 She has dropped her proposal for random road-side breath-tests for drivers. 2019 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 July 6 Between June 24 and July 7, officers across the country carried out 3,076 breath tests, with 238 of those showing drivers were over the breath-alcohol limit. 2. Medicine. Any of various diagnostic tests based on the presence or the quantity of specific, usually volatile, substances in the breath of the patient. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > specific test pneobiomantia1846 blood test1851 drug test1863 Romberg test1872 Rinne1881 Romberg's sign1884 tuberculin test1892 guaiac test1894 agglutination1896 percolation test1899 Pirquet test1908 skin test1908 Wassermann1909 Romberg1915 Pandy('s) test1916 glucose tolerance test1917 Kolmer1921 patch test1922 skin testing1923 provocation1924 Kolmer–Wassermann1925 Queckenstedt1928 Kline1929 Prausnitz–Küstner1929 cross-match1930 Mantoux test1931 paraffin test1935 Paul–Bunnell test1935 stress test1937 Burpee test1939 lepromin test1939 patch testing1941 pinprick1941 breath test1945 provocation test1948 protamine titration1949 Coombs test1950 smear test1950 Schilling test1955 tanned-(red-)cell1956 amniocentesis1958 Pap smear1963 Pap test1963 drugs test1967 Schultz–Charlton1974 amnio1984 cross-matching- 1945 Brit. Jrnl. Industr. Med. 2 207/1 We were unable to carry out further tests to confirm this and the breath test was inconclusive, the control sample showing that the atmosphere in which it was done was contaminated with radon. 1970 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Sept. 673/1 Three patients with diarrhoea and a positive breath test result responded to antibiotics, whereas two with diarrhoea and a negative test result did not. 1994 News-Herald (Franklin, Pa.) 24 Mar. 5/5 Several researchers are working on a breath test for cancer, based on indications that people with lung cancer have elevated levels of certain chemical ‘markers’ in the breath. 2020 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 May a5 (caption) Right, a Covid-19 detection device... The breath test could handle 2,000 tests a day, and may be suitable for airports. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1861
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