Cross-dressing Health Dictionary

A study that measures the prevalence of health outcomes or determinants of health, or both and other variables of interest in a population at a point in time or over a short period.... cross-sectional study

See WOUNDS.... dressings

A form of cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative interventions in which costs are measured in monetary units and outcomes are measured in terms of their utility, usually to the individual, e.g. using QALYs.... cross-utility analysis

See FIRST AID.... red cross

A type of strabismus (squint) in which one or both eyes turns inwards relative to the other.... cross-eye

A procedure to determine compatibility between the blood of a person requiring a blood transfusion and that of a donor.

Red blood cells from one person are combined with serum from the other.

Clumping of red blood cells indicates the presence of antibodies, showing the blood is not compatible.... cross-matching

see intervention study.... cross-over trial

any technique that produces an image in the form of a section through the body with the structures cut across. The main techniques are *ultrasonography, *computerized tomography, *magnetic resonance imaging, and some *nuclear medicine techniques (see positron emission tomography; SPECT scanning). If a series of thin-section images is stacked they can be ‘cut’ through to show other planes or allow reconstruction of three-dimensional images.... cross-sectional imaging

n. material applied to a wound or diseased part of the body, with or without medication, to give protection and assist healing.... dressing