bloodstain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bloodstain
First recorded in 1810–20; back formation from bloodstained
Example Sentences
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They believe that incorporating tail length into standard bloodstain analyses will produce more robust evidentiary information.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
By 2000, DNA analysis technology allowed investigators to build a genetic profile of the suspect from a sample taken of the bloodstain on the cinderblock wall above Stitt, Hutchison said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
CSIs are usually expected to specialise, and now she's in the field, Pomeroy is looking to obtain certifications in areas such as death investigations and bloodstain pattern recognition and analysis.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2021
Part of the reason that bloodstain patterns are so prone to mislead, according to a 2009 report from the National Research Council on improving forensic science, is that complex patterns may appear deceptively simple.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2020
Then she noticed the bloodstain on my blanket and tsked tsked before hustling off to get me a new one.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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