antirejection
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of antirejection
L965–70
Example Sentences
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Johnson & Johnson's Cypher stent, which slowly releases the antirejection drug sirolimus, was the first drug-coated stent on the U.S. market.
From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2011
At the hospital he refused to have a biopsy or blood tests and spurned the antirejection drugs he was offered.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If he received a transplant, the antirejection drugs would just throw his diabetes out of control," noted Dr. J.P.
From Time Magazine Archive
But even this would not be a perfect solution, and recipients of pig organs would probably still have to take the same rainbow of antirejection drugs recipients of human organs must now endure.
From Time Magazine Archive
Transplant surgery is a punishing procedure, and the battery of antirejection drugs a patient must take can cause grueling side effects.
From Time Magazine Archive
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