| graft-versus-host disease |
When new bone marrow cells attack the organs of the patient receiving the bone marrow.
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| graft |
A portion of tissue used to replace a defect in the body. Anything that is inserted into some- thing else for it to become an integral part of the latter. In the case of bone, either artifi-- cial or synthetic bone is inserted over, under or in between living bone, usually for the purpose of increasing its strength and/or dimension.
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| grafting |
Broadly, inserting a section of one plant into another so that they unite and grow as one plant. In a viticultural context, usually grafting a European fruiting vine (or scion) onto a native or hybrid rootstock, often chosen for its resistance or other favorable characteristics.
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| graft survival |
When a transplanted tissue or organ is accepted by the body and functions properly.
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| Graffi v. |
a strain of murine leukemia virus which causes chloroma in mice.
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