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- noun metrology An
SI unit of fluid equal to 10−1litres .
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- noun a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter
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Examples
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In Africa, between 18 and 24 percent of children have concentrations of more than 10 micrograms per decilitre (μg/dl) of blood.
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They said a survey in an informal settlement in the Durban metropolitan area had shown that half of the children there had a blood lead concentration of above ten micrograms per decilitre of blood.
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With so many people it was possible and convenient to have small samples, although at least a decilitre is preferred.
Yule beer! magnio 2006
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Some test levels ive seen here are not even too high as they can peak at 1000 ng/dl nanograms per decilitre the best thing to do is stick it out until your levels become stable and you will clear up.
Accutane and Testosterone Steve Sailer 2005
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Lead blood levels during the early 1990s were 25 micrograms per decilitre in Mexico City and Budapest, 30 in Cairo, and 40 in Bangkok, well above the 2 micrograms per decilitre in the United States (reflecting an eightfold decline over the preceding 15 years).
Chapter 11 2000
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Destined to die … A decilitre of Eau de Cologne every minute.
Brave New World Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 1932
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She had 416mg of alcohol per decilitre of blood in her system - the legal driving limit is 80mg.
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She said Winehouse "voluntarily" drank the alcohol and added: "She had consumed sufficient alcohol at 416mg per decilitre of blood and the unintended consequence of such potentially fatal levels was her sudden and unexpected death."
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The inquest heard that at 200mg of alcohol per decilitre of blood, someone would lose control of their reflexes and 350mg was considered a fatal level.
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Many children had more than 60 micrograms of lead per decilitre of blood, six times the level that the Centres for Disease Control CDC, an American government agency, says should prompt public action.
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