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luminoling

luminoling is the present participle of luminol.

Meaning of luminol

Verb

luminol (third-person singular simple present luminols, present participle (US) luminoling or (UK) luminolling, simple past and past participle (US) luminoled or (UK) luminolled)

  1. (transitive) 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.1997, United States. Court of Military Appeals, West Publishing Company (contributors), West's Military Justice Reporter, volume 46, page 860

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Questions about luminoling

What is luminoling the present participle of?
Luminoling is the present participle of luminol.

Words near luminoling in the dictionary

  1. luminoimmunoassay
  2. luminoimmunoassays
  3. luminol
  4. luminoled
  5. luminolide
  6. luminoling
  7. luminolled
  8. luminolling
  9. luminols
  10. luminometer
  11. luminometers

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