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graft-versus-host disease

[ graft-vur-suhs-hohst, grahft- ]

noun

  1. a reaction in which the cells of transplanted tissue immunologically attack the cells of the host organism, occurring especially in bone-marrow transplants.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of graft-versus-host disease1

First recorded in 1970–75

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