cross matching

cross match

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Definitions of cross matching words

noun cross matching 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. 1
verb with object cross matching to match (related items from two or more lists or groups). 1
verb with object cross matching Medicine/Medical. to subject (blood) to cross matching. 1

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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