cross-matching

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.13054
  1. Test for determining the compatibility between the blood of a donor and that of a recipient before transfusion; the clumping of erythrocytes indicates incompatibility.
  2. Test for determining tissue compatibility between a transplant donor and the recipient before transplantation, in which the recipient’s serum is tested for antibodies that may react with the lymphocytes or other cells of the donor.
  3. Process of performing one of these tests.
Source:
PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. (IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)) on page 1151 [Terms] [Paper]