cross-match

[ kraws-mach, kros- ]

verb (used with object)

to match (related items from two or more lists or groups).
Medicine/Medical. to subject (blood) to cross matching.

Origin of cross-match

First recorded in 1925–30

Words Nearby cross-match

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How to use cross-match in a sentence

Sum marry bekauze they hav bin highsted sum whare else; this iz a cross match, a bay and a sorrel; pride may make it endurable.
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And most probable they would have been a pretty cross match.
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British Dictionary definitions for cross-match

cross-match

verb

immunol to test the compatibility of (a donor's and recipient's blood) by checking that the red cells of each do not agglutinate in the other's serum

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