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
cross-match in American English
(ˈkrɔsˌmætʃ, ˈkrɑs-)
transitive verb
1.
to match (related items from two or more lists or groups)
2. Medicine
to subject (blood) to cross matching
Word origin
[1925–30]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: buildup, gimmick, hot spot, payload, recycle
Examples of 'cross-match' in a sentence
cross-match
It will really only be any use if we can cross-match it with one of the other lists.