luminol
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3ADJ.
chemical
VERB + LUMINOL
supply
LUMINOL + NOUN
blood-detection
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noun
The compound 5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione, which exhibits blue chemiluminescence when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent.
The board was fully supportive, Mr. McDevitt said, even when Mr. Wheeler needed to buy a gallon of cow’s blood and a supply of luminol, a blood-detection chemical.
verb
To test or subject a sample or an individual to a luminol agent in order to locate traces of blood.
Luminoling of material can establish unequivocally that no blood is present.
For two nights Patterson, Frosch, and Nabors Luminoled the house, checking and re-checking the evidence they found.
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4The board was fully supportive, Mr. McDevitt said, even when Mr. Wheeler needed to buy a gallon of cow’s blood and a supply of luminol, a blood-detection chemical.
WiktionaryLuminoling of material can establish unequivocally that no blood is present.
WiktionaryFor two nights Patterson, Frosch, and Nabors Luminoled the house, checking and re-checking the evidence they found.
WiktionaryPerhaps the auto warrant had gone through and the vehicle was being raked and combed and vacuumed and luminoled in some forensic garage.
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