cross-match

[kraws-mach, kros-]

cross-match

[kraws-mach, kros-]
verb (used with object)
1.
to match (related items from two or more lists or groups).
2.
Medicine/Medical. to subject (blood) to cross matching.

Origin:
1925–30
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Cross-match is always a great word to know.
So is nares. Does it mean:
the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee; kneecap.
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
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World English Dictionary
cross-match
 
vb
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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