runt disease — rənt n graft versus host disease produced experimentally in laboratory animals that is characterized esp. by severely retarded growth and is often fatal * * * graft versus host disease produced by injection of allogenic lymphocytes into… … Medical dictionary
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reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… … Medical dictionary
Childhood leukemia — is a type of leukemia, usually acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), that affects children. The cure rate of childhood leukemia is generally higher than adult leukemia, approaching 90%, although the side effects of treatment last into adulthood. The… … Wikipedia
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