tissue typing

1. 1.

   a series of diagnostic tests before an organ transplant to determine whether the tissues of a donor and recipient are compatible

   Broaderdiagnostic test

Questions about tissue typing

What does tissue typing mean?

tissue typing means "a series of diagnostic tests before an organ transplant to determine whether the tissues of a donor and recipient are compatible".

Is tissue typing a common word?

tissue typing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.