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noun Medicine/Medical.

the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.

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Also cross·match

[kraws-mach, kros-]. /ˈkrɔsˌmætʃ, ˈkrɒs-/.

Origin of cross matching

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby cross matching

cross-linker, cross-lot bracing, crossly, Crossman, cross-match, cross matching, cross-mate, cross-modality, cross-multiply, cross my heart and hope to die, cross-national