graft-versus-host disease
graft–versus–host disease
nounDefinition of GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE
: a potentially fatal bodily condition that results when T cells from a tissue or organ transplant and especially a bone marrow transplant react immunologically against the recipient's antigens attacking cells and tissues
First Known Use of GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE
1965
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