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

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024