Example Sentences

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Blots of it are scattered around the golden, pepper-flecked skin.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

And in 2000, the Blood Products Advisory Committee of the FDA proposed that nonviral band indeterminate Western Blots be considered completely HIV-negative, and thus safe to use in blood donations.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2013

For the foreseeable future, patients who receive nonviral Western Blots will be misdiagnosed.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2013

Some doctors and scientists see no place for Western Blots in the future of HIV testing; in fact, a few labs have begun to phase them out in favor for RNA tests.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2013

Blots and smears are almost too gross pieces of carelessness to be commented upon.

From Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. by Frost, Sarah Annie