"pack-year" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pack-years [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pack-year (plural pack-years)
  1. (medicine, smoking) A unit for estimating the number of cigarettes a person has smoked previously; it is calculated by multiplying the average number of packs (each containing 20 cigarettes) the person smokes per day by the number of years the person has smoked. Categories (topical): Medicine, Smoking, Units of measure Synonyms: PY, py (alt: initialisms), pack year Translations (unit for measuring the number of cigarettes a person has smoked previously): paquet-année [masculine] (French), Packungsjahr [neuter] (German), csomagév (Hungarian), dobozév (Hungarian), pachet-an [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-pack-year-en-noun-WxlYcPQd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: lifestyle, medicine, sciences, smoking

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