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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.

cross-match

verb

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cross-match1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

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.

And most probable they would have been a pretty cross match.

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