deciliter
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈdɛsɪˌlitər/
- Specialized
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decilitro
- Blood lead levels as low as 10 µg of lead per deciliter (10 µg/dL) have been associated with subtle adverse effects on cognitive development, growth, and behavior among children one to five years of age (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, 1991).
- deciliter of blood
- micrograms per deciliter
If you normalize them all to the same nanograms per deciliter, you would find that a healthy woman has more testosterone than she does estrogen.
- If you normalize them all to the same nanograms per deciliter, you would find that a healthy woman has more testosterone than she does estrogen.
Examples
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In 1985, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) considered any blood lead level above 25 micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood (µg/dL) to be a potential problem.
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Bears, for example, have average cholesterol levels of 400 milligrams per deciliter of blood, but they don't suffer heart attacks.
Blog text (3) -
And very low hemoglobin-- seven grams per deciliter.
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If you normalize them all to the same nanograms per deciliter, you would find that a healthy woman has more testosterone than she does estrogen.
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Approximately 17 percent of children from 6 months to 5 years old in the greater Providence metropolitan area are thought to have lead levels of more than 15 micrograms per deciliter of blood -- a level believed to cause neurotoxic effects.
Academic text (1990) -
The findings, published Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, were celebrated as something of a triumph by health authorities, who said the data showed that the nation had reached its 2010 goal of getting the average total cholesterol level in adults below 200 milligrams per deciliter.
Blog text (5) -
The amounts of lead linked to hyperactivity symptoms were far below the advisory level (5 micrograms per deciliter in blood) recently set by the CDC.
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The limit of detection for both methods was 0.3 microgram per deciliter. For those participants (<1%) whose blood lead levels were below the limit of detection, blood lead levels were replaced by the limit of detection divided by the square root of 2.
Academic text (2012) -
Median blood lead levels were 1.1 micrograms per deciliter (interquartile range IQR = 0.8-1.7 g/dL; Table 1).
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Normal levels for men range from 300 to 1,000 nanograms per deciliter, depending on age.
Synonyms
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5.3
A unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter
How Much
- Specialized
1
5.3
- US
190
1.0
- Specialized
1
5.2
- Specialized
1
4.7
- Specialized
11
2.5
- Specialized
1
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word deciliter breaks into deci- meaning 'one tenth', the same part you see in decimal, and liter, the common unit for volume. So a deciliter is one tenth of a liter, or 0.1 liter.