tissue typing

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noun

identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.

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Also called tissue matching.

Origin of tissue typing

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby tissue typing

tissue plasminogen activator, tissue respiration, tissue-specific antigen, tissue tension, tissue type, tissue typing, tiswin, Tisza, tit, Titan, titanate

How to use tissue typing in a sentence

Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She dabbed them with a tissue and continued without ceremony.
Embedding With the Women Who Are Kicking ISIS Ass|Susannah George|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Among them were some horrifying images of severe damage to nasal tissue caused by a child lodging a button battery in her nose.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R.|Russell Saunders|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They can corrode through whatever human tissue they contact if swallowed or stuck into an orifice, sometimes in a matter of hours.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R.|Russell Saunders|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Must both ovarian and testicular tissue be present for a person to be “counted”?
Intersexuality and God Through the Ages|Candida Moss|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
Even slight familiarity with the microscopic structure of vegetable tissue will prevent the chagrin of such errors.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Then he went into the house to start typing up his notes for that forthcoming paper.
Old Friends Are the Best|Jack Sharkey
They robed her in white with a thin lining-edge of crimson, and threw over her shining hair a veil of tissue.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
There are acids that completely dissolve bone tissue and even clothing but circumstances usually reveal these crimes.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various