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cross matching

n.
The process of determining the compatibility of blood from a donor with that of a recipient before transfusion.
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cross′ match`ing



n.
the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
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cross matching

n. pruebas sanguíneas cruzadas que comprueban la compatibilidad de la sangre antes de una tranfusión.
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Lorenzana said that while the remains of one of the reported bombers have been claimed by his Filipino family in Jolo, Sulu, cross matching would still have to be done in order to ascertain that the bomber was really a Filipino.
The police investigators say that they have sent an empty shell of the 30bore pistol used in the killing of KDA officer to the forensic division of the Sindh police for ballistics cross matching. He added that the police investigators suspected that the modus operandi of the killing of the KDA officer has resemblance with the sectarian based killings which occurred in 2011.
Investigators are "cross matching" all the details in the killing of Chief Inspector Angelito Padilla with two other murders of prison officers in the city, according to Senior Superintendent Gerardo Umayao, city police chief.
Investigators have already submitted fingerprints found at the scene to the Scene of the Crime Operatives Satellite in Valenzuela City for cross matching examination.
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