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🚫 Able to refuse 🧬 Can be expelled
rejectable

rejectable

8.2
Likely to be attacked by the body's immune system after a transplant
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈdʒɛktəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : rechazable
  • The doctor explained that the tissue was highly rejectable without proper immunosuppressive drugs.

Examples

  • Scientists are working to make grafts less rejectable by modifying donor cells.

  • A rejectable organ transplant may fail if the immune response is not controlled.

  • The organ is rejectable.

  • Is this tissue rejectable?

  • The doctor explained that the tissue was highly rejectable without proper immunosuppressive drugs.

  • A rejectable organ transplant may fail if the immune response is not controlled.

  • Scientists are working to make grafts less rejectable by modifying donor cells.

Antonyms

compatible
112 4.1

Able to exist or work together without conflict

How Acceptable

compatible
112 4.1
tolerable
31 3.5
rejectable
  • Specialized
8.2

Surface Forms

rejectable positive

Morphology

rejectable = reject (transparent) = reject + able

The meaning is directly derived from 'reject' with the suffix '-able' indicating capability.

Etymology

Rejectable comes from re- 'back' and ject 'throw', as in reject and eject. A helpful way to remember the medical sense is to think of the body 'throwing back' an organ or tissue, so a rejectable transplant is one the body may attack and send away.