Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metric unit of volume equal to one-tenth (10-1) of a liter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the metric system, a measure of capacity equal to one tenth of a liter, or 3.52 English fluidounces, or 3.38 United States fluidounces.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US spelling of
decilitre .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter
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Examples
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S. O'BRIEN: The national guidelines right now for the LDL is something like 100 milligrams per deciliter, which is all doctorspeak, but 100, let's say, is something like that.
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St. John's developed this program after discovering that a whopping 54% of its pediatric patients had at least 3 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood, enough to cause irreversible brain damage.
Jacqueline Caster: The Urgent Need to Change the CDC's Definition of 'Safe' Blood Lead Levels Jacqueline Caster 2012
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The FDA asked its panelists whether the recommendation should be reduced to target 9 grams per deciliter.
FDA Panel Supports Use Of Anemia Drugs For Kidney Disease AP 2010
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Current labeling on the drugs recommends keeping patients 'hemoglobin levels between 10 grams and 12 grams per deciliter.
FDA Panel Supports Use Of Anemia Drugs For Kidney Disease AP 2010
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Current labeling on the drugs recommends keeping patients 'hemoglobin levels between 10 grams and 12 grams per deciliter.
FDA Panel Supports Use Of Anemia Drugs For Kidney Disease AP 2010
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Multiple studies in leading medical journals reveal that blood lead levels in children as low as 3 micrograms per deciliter can cause serious developmental disabilities and dramatically lowered IQs.
Jacqueline Caster: The Urgent Need to Change the CDC's Definition of 'Safe' Blood Lead Levels Jacqueline Caster 2012
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Normal hemoglobin ranges from about 13 to 18 grams per deciliter of blood in men and 12 to 15 grams in women.
An Overused Step in Heart Surgery Ron Winslow 2010
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JUPITER, released in November, showed that Crestor can prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with normal cholesterol levels — LDL levels of 130 milligrams a deciliter or below — and high levels of C-reactive protein, an ominous sign of artery inflammation.
Statin Crestor lowers risk of deep-vein clots without bleeding 2009
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Currently, the CDC will not classify an individual as having a dangerous blood lead level unless he has at least 10 micromoles of lead per deciliter -- more than three times the level that causes decreased brain function in children.
Jacqueline Caster: The Urgent Need to Change the CDC's Definition of 'Safe' Blood Lead Levels Jacqueline Caster 2012
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The FDA asked its panelists whether the recommendation should be reduced to target 9 grams per deciliter.
FDA Panel Supports Use Of Anemia Drugs For Kidney Disease AP 2010
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