1. A medical test that checks whether a donor's blood is compatible with a recipient's blood before a transfusion or transplant.
Usage: medical; also called cross-match or crossmatch

1. To perform a crossmatch test on blood samples to determine compatibility.
Usage: medical
2. To match or pair things from different groups or categories.
Usage: general use

Examples

• The hospital performed crossmatching before the blood transfusion to ensure safety.
• Doctors are crossmatching the donor kidney with potential recipients.
• The lab technician completed the crossmatching procedure in two hours.
• Crossmatching is a critical step in organ transplantation.
• They were crossmatching survey responses with demographic data.
• The nurse explained that crossmatching would determine blood compatibility.