How to Use deciliter in a Sentence

deciliter

noun
  • Bangladesh has a limit of five micrograms per deciliter of lead in the blood.
    Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2019
  • And that’s supposed to stay above 40 milligrams per deciliter.
    Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Last March, a blood test revealed that Caiden had a blood lead level of 13 micrograms per deciliter.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Utah is the only state in the nation to set the red line below .08 grams per deciliter, which is standard nationwide.
    Gregory Wallace, CNN, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Wow, 564 milliliters per deciliter of blood cholesterol sounds fatal by itself.
    Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2022
  • His blood came back positive for lead at a rate of 35 micrograms per deciliter.
    Deborah Bloom, CNN, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Cholesterol levels are measured in milligrams per deciliter of blood (mg/dL).
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • That standard requires a child have two tests, taken six months apart, in which the lead level is less than 15 micrograms per deciliter of blood.
    Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2018
  • The children had BLLs ranging from 4 to 29 micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL)—as much as eight times greater than levels that raise concern.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Healthcare workers found that the baby was anemic and had a blood lead level of 41 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dL).
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Diet alone can impact cholesterol by 20 to 30 milligrams per deciliter.
    Time, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Candidates include anyone whose blood was drawn for the test and who had a blood lead level of 10 micrograms or less per deciliter.
    Washington Post, 17 May 2017
  • In the study, men had to have testosterone levels that were below a normal level of 300 nanograms per deciliter to participate.
    Matthew Herper Reprints, STAT, 16 June 2023
  • When tested, his lead levels were more than 20 micrograms per deciliter.
    cleveland.com, 25 May 2017
  • Lead in the blood is typically measured in µg/dL (micrograms per deciliter) or in parts per billion.
    Julia Belluz, Vox, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Lead experts in the United States say workers whose lead level reaches 30 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood should be removed from the source of the metal.
    Steve Fisher Alejandro Cegarra, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • A child whose blood test shows 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter or higher is considered poisoned.
    Jenifer Frank, courant.com, 9 May 2017
  • In the past, people were encouraged to keep their total cholesterol under 200 milligrams per deciliter.
    Jill U. Adams, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
  • By the following Tuesday, my blood test was processed, showing that my testosterone level is 594 nanograms per deciliter.
    Andrew Zaleski, Men's Health, 20 Feb. 2023
  • If those results were greater than 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood, the national standard would be to confirm the first test with a second sample taken from a vein.
    Hannah Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • In Cleveland, over the past two years, the number of children tested with levels above 10 micrograms per deciliter increased slightly.
    Rachel Dissell, Brie Zeltner, cleveland.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The recommendation is to reduce to 100 milligrams per deciliter.
    Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2018
  • That calculation defines lead poisoning as 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood in a child’s body.
    courant.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The average for the surrounding area was higher, 3.3 micrograms per deciliter.
    Martin Schiavenato, The Conversation, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The agency uses a level of 3.5 micrograms per deciliter to identify kids with higher blood lead levels than most.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • His blood sugar level was 28 milligrams per deciliter, about four times lower than what was considered safe for his age and condition.
    Katelyn Ferral, Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The Department of Defense in April tightened its limit for acceptable levels of lead in blood to 20 micrograms per deciliter.
    Linda Hervieux, Fox News, 15 May 2017
  • Lead poisoning is assessed using a measurement of micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Those standards suggest that children get no more than six micrograms of lead per day, based on children having no more than 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 June 2017
  • Their 3-year-old daughter, a fierce, bright girl who loves twirly dresses and nail polish, had a blood-lead level of 24 micrograms per deciliter, nearly seven times the C.D.C.’s level of concern.
    Will Fitzgibbon, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024

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