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
With an impressive Stanford University team, he found ways to use smaller doses of toxic antirejection drugs; was an early proponent of a safer alternative, cyclosporine; and dramatically improved transplant survival rates.
From Time Magazine Archive
What is more, with the encouragement of the antirejection drugs, body and organ had learned to coexist in peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps, they argue, they could figure a way to vary the amount of the antirejection drugs he is taking so the side effects are not quite so miserable.
From Time Magazine Archive
For instance, organ-transplant patients whose immune systems have been suppressed by antirejection drugs have a greatly increased risk of developing virus-related malignancies.
From Time Magazine Archive
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