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ethanol drink intake rate to body weight ratio (CMO:0001616)
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ethanol drink intake rate to body weight ratio  
A calculated measurement in which the amount of ethanol, the colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, CH3CH2OH, produced by yeast fermentation of carbohydrates or synthesized by hydration of ethylene, consumed as a drink, that is, a liquid brought into the mouth and swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc., per unit time, is divided by the total weight of the body and the result presented as a ratio, fraction, quotient or percentage, thus normalizing it to body weight and, by extension, to the size of the organism.

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Related Synonyms: alcohol intake rate to body weight ratio
Definition Sources: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed, ISBN:978-1416049982, Webster:Random_House_Kernerman_Websters_College_Dictionary_2010

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