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antirejection

[ an-tee-ri-jek-shuhn, ²¹²Ô-³Ù²¹³ó²â‑ ]

adjective

  1. preventing the rejection of a transplanted organ:

    antirejection drugs.



antirejection

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  1. Preventing rejection of a transplanted tissue or organ, as a drug or treatment.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of antirejection1

³¢965–70
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Another unknown is how likely the body is to reject a transplanted uterus, and thus how much antirejection medication the recipient would need, O’Neill says.

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Since her liver transplant, Hayley takes an antirejection medication every day, which makes her more susceptible to disease.

The patient to whom he had helped give a new hand later had it amputated after deciding not to follow the requisite antirejection therapy.

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The transplants are meant to be temporary, left in place just long enough for a woman to have one or two babies, then removed so that she can stop taking antirejection medicines.

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With the transplant removed, she was able to stop taking antirejection drugs and give her immune system a chance to recover and help control the infection.

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