Blood Law — (also called blood revenge ) is the practice in traditional American Indian customary law where responsibility for seeing that homicide is punished falls on the clan of the victim. The responsibility for revenge fell to a close family member… … Wikipedia
Blood quantum laws — is an umbrella term that describes legislation enacted to define membership in Native American groups. Blood quantum refers to attempts to calculate the degree of racial inheritance for a given individual. Any discussion of blood quantum must be… … Wikipedia
Blood libel — Blood libels are sensationalized allegations that a person or group engages in human sacrifice, often accompanied by the claim that the blood of victims is used in various rituals and/or acts of cannibalism. The alleged victims are often children … Wikipedia
Blood culture — is microbiological culture of blood. It is employed to detect infections that are spreading through the bloodstream (bacteremia, septicemia).MethodA minimum of 10 ml of blood is taken through venipuncture and injected into two or more blood… … Wikipedia
Blood phobia — (also, AE: Hemophobia, BE: Haemophobia) is the extreme and irrational fear of blood. Acute cases of this fear can cause physical reactions that are uncommon in most other fears, specifically vasovagal syncope (fainting). [cite web title = The… … Wikipedia
Blood (disambiguation) — Blood is a red biological fluid comprising plasma, cells and platelets.Blood(s) may also refer to:Biology*Blood type, a classification of blood based on red blood cell surface antigens * Blood (journal), a medical hematology journal *Blood… … Wikipedia
Blood boosting — Blood Boosting, sometimes called blood packing or blood doping, is a means to improve athletic performance through manipulation of blood chemistry/composition timed around athletic events. MethodsThe practice most commonly known as blood boosting … Wikipedia
blood-curdling — also bloodcurdling, 1817, from BLOOD (Cf. blood) + prp. of CURDLE (Cf. curdle). Also formerly with a noun form, bloodcurdler incident which freezes the blood, especially sensational story, 1877, slang; also in use in this sense was blood freezer… … Etymology dictionary
Blood donation — Give blood redirects here. For other uses, see Give blood (disambiguation). Blood donation pictogram A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions or made into medications by a process called… … Wikipedia
Blood substitute — A blood substitute (also called artificial blood or blood surrogates) is a substance used to mimic and fulfill some functions of biological blood, usually in the oxygen carrying sense. They aim to provide an alternative to blood transfusion,… … Wikipedia
