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rejection
[ ri-jek-shuhn ]
/ rÉȘËdÊÉk ÊÉn /
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Origin of rejection
OTHER WORDS FROM rejection
non·re·jec·tion, nounpre·re·jec·tion, nounWords nearby rejection
reive, Réjane, reject, rejectamenta, rejectee, rejection, rejectionist, rejection region, rejection slip, rejective art, rejig
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Cultural definitions for rejection
rejection
A process in which the immune system of a body attacks an organ or tissue, either its own or tissue transplanted into it from another organism. (See xenotransplantation.)
notes for rejection
Rejection is the most serious problem faced in surgery involving organ transplants. Drugs are used to suppress the immune system after organ transplant in order to prevent the rejection of and eventual death of the transplanted tissue.
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