Cynara, genus Cynara - artichoke; cardoon. vegetable - any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower.
Graft-versus-host disease. Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is a medical complication following the receipt of transplanted tissue from a genetically different person. GvHD is commonly associated with stem cell transplant (bone marrow transplant), but the term also applies to other forms of tissue graft.
The main reason why GVHD is common following blood stem cell transplants is because many patients receive transplants from unrelated donors or family members who arenât close genetic matches. Half of patients who receive these types of transplants develop an acute form of GVHD within 100 days of treatment.