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noun Physiology.

the process of classifying blood into blood groups, based on laboratory tests to reveal the presence or absence of particular antigens on the surface of red blood cells.

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Also called blood grouping.

Origin of blood typing

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby blood typing

blood test, blood thinner, bloodthirsty, blood transfusion, blood type, blood typing, blood urea nitrogen, blood vessel, blood vessels, blood volume, bloodwood

How to use blood typing in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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For nearly her entire life Beyoncé has been giving us her blood, sweat, and tears in her career.
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The Royal Family has benefited hugely from the American blood in its veins.
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The future Mr. Vergara—and star of ‘True Blood’ and ‘Magic Mike’ shares some life advice in an exclusive video.
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In its over 1,000-year history, the land has soaked in the blood of millions of people.
Rebranding The Land of Mongol Warriors & Ivan The Terrible|Anna Nemtsova|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The blood that accused his friend in his heart, rushed to his face, when he repeated what had been told him.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
These differences of interests will lead to disputes, ill blood, and finally to separation.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Louis pressed his father's hand to his lips; that hand which was hardly washed from the stain of Wharton's blood!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Blood-streaked sputum is strongly suggestive of tuberculosis, and is more common in the early stages than later.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

Medical definitions for blood typing

blood typing

blood grouping