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pack years vs pack-years

Both "pack years" and "pack-years" are correct terminologies used in the medical field to quantify the amount a person has smoked over time. The hyphenated form "pack-years" is more commonly used and preferred in medical literature.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 746 views

pack years

This phrase is correct but less commonly used than the hyphenated form.

This term is used in the medical field to quantify the number of cigarette packs smoked per day over a number of years.

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Elena has trained with our Pack for years.
It's actually my first pack in three years.
I'd get Max to run as fast as he could into the pack of 17-year-old girls.
Elena, you've been away from the Pack for a year.
I'd get Max to run as fast as he could into the pack of 17-year-old girls.
Went out for a pack of smokes three years ago and never came back.
The problem is, do that all the time, then you could ruin the battery pack in three years.
How could she pack up a year's worth of life in 20 minutes?
How could she pack up a year's worth of life in 20 minutes?
That's how wolves have survived for thousands of years - by putting the needs, traditions, and survival of our pack before our own.
Barbara helped me raise Cleveland when Freight Train went out to get a pack of cigarettes for three and a half years.
Well, I'm 18 years old, and my mom still packs a lunch for me every day.
Years ago, we used to pack the pasta by hand.
I got you that pack of shells of the 38 last year.
20 years of marriage is to the prostate what 2 packs a day are to lungs.
Last year he sent me a poster of the Rat Pack.
Don't try to tell me you gave up two good years on the field so you could pack on an extra 30 and hustle trucks.
Twelve-year-old Casey Stoner leads the pack in a dirt-track race.
But the truth is, he smoked two packs a day in his car for 20 years while his wife and children slept.
And a year before that I was a pack-a-day smoker, living a very sedentary lifestyle.

Alternatives:

pack-years
packyear
pack year
pack-year

pack-years

This is the preferred form in medical literature and is more commonly used.

This term is used in the medical field to quantify the number of cigarette packs smoked per day over a number of years.

Show examples from the web [+]

Elena has trained with our Pack for years.
It's actually my first pack in three years.
I'd get Max to run as fast as he could into the pack of 17-year-old girls.
Elena, you've been away from the Pack for a year.
I'd get Max to run as fast as he could into the pack of 17-year-old girls.
Went out for a pack of smokes three years ago and never came back.
The problem is, do that all the time, then you could ruin the battery pack in three years.
How could she pack up a year's worth of life in 20 minutes?
How could she pack up a year's worth of life in 20 minutes?

Alternatives:

pack years
packyear
pack year
pack-year

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