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Rejection
01
the action of refusing to approve, accept, consider, or support something
02
the state of being rejected
03
the speech act of rejecting
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(medicine) the body's immune response against a transplanted organ or tissue, leading to an attempt to destroy or remove the foreign graft
What is "rejection"?
Rejection refers to the body's immune system attacking a transplanted organ or tissue because it recognizes it as foreign. This can happen after organ transplants, like a kidney or heart, where the immune system tries to destroy the new organ. To prevent rejection, patients often take medications that control and lessen the immune response and help the body accept the transplant.
Example
The patient experienced rejection after a kidney transplant.
Rejection is a risk in organ transplantation due to immune responses.
Rejection from her dream job dejected her deeply.
Rejection from his dream college depressed him for weeks.
The rejection of their grant application really knocked them back.
