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Luminol

//ˈljuːmɪnɒl// noun, verb

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Noun

1
The compound 5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione, which exhibits blue chemiluminescence when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent. countable, uncountable
"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."
2
a compound (5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione) that emits light when it comes into contact with blood wordnet

Verb

1
To test or subject a sample or an individual to a luminol agent in order to locate traces of blood. transitive
"Luminoling of material can establish unequivocally that no blood is present."

Etymology

Etymology 1

First use appears in 1934 in a paper by E. Huntress, L. Stanley, and A. Parker. The verbal form first appears c. 1997, although the exact date of its first appearance is uncertain.

Etymology 2

First use appears in 1934 in a paper by E. Huntress, L. Stanley, and A. Parker. The verbal form first appears c. 1997, although the exact date of its first appearance is uncertain.

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