血中(けっちゅう)

けっちゅう
noun
in the blood; blood (level, concentration)
formalmedicalhealth
1. in the blood; blood (level, concentration)
Of something contained in the blood. Used before another noun in medical terms such as blood alcohol concentration or blood oxygen level.
血中(けっちゅう)の酸素(さんそ)を測(はか)る。
To measure the oxygen in the blood.
血中(けっちゅう)アルコール濃度(のうど)が基準(きじゅん)を超(こ)えていた。
His blood alcohol concentration was over the legal limit.
健康(けんこう)診断(しんだん)で、血中(けっちゅう)コレステロールの値(あたい)が高(たか)いと言(い)われた。
At my health checkup, I was told my blood cholesterol level was high.

A medical word that works like a prefix: it goes directly before the substance or the measurement.

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