identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation
Also called: tissue matching
Word origin
[1960–65]
Examples of 'tissue typing' in a sentence
tissue typing
Back-street surgeons conduct transplants with scant regard to tissue typing and histocompatibility.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Tissue typing is widely used for transplanting organs, such as liver, heart and so on.