rejection

rejection definition - medical

re·jec·tion (rĭ-jĕkˈshən)

noun
  1. The act of rejecting or the state of being rejected.
  2. The failure of a recipient's body to accept a transplanted tissue or organ as the result of immunological incompatability; immunological resistance to foreign tissue.

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