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GVHD
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GvHD
English
Etymology
Initialism.
Noun
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en pathology en graft-versus-host disease.
en 2005 w:Donald Hall The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon Boston Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Company 0618478019 OoSwJtwmbZcC 121 GVHD Post-BMT, her body would show signs of GVHD, which is graft-versus-host disease; the new marrow tries to reject the body it occupies. Her mouth would be assaulted by radiation before the transplant.