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noun

a person or animal of unmixed ancestry; one descended of a pure breed.Compare purebred.

relationship through both parents.

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Origin of full blood

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby full blood

fuliginous, full, fullback, full binding, full blast, full blood, full-blooded, full-blown, full board, full-bodied, full-bore

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How to use full blood in a sentence

While I’m at the resort, Suarez recommends several other ways I can optimize my health, including Wellness FX, a company that will run a full blood panel, and Viome, a company you can mail your poop to in order to learn about your gut -micro-biome.
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To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
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Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
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So we know that boring down to the bedrock and pumping it full of fluid can cause earthquakes.
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It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
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As long as may be necessary, Sam,” replied Mr. Pickwick, “you have my full permission to remain.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
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
It is full of poetic feeling, and the flesh tints are unusually natural.
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A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for full blood

full blood

noun

an individual, esp a horse or similar domestic animal, of unmixed race or breed

the relationship between individuals having the same parents

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