Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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immunosuppressive | Yes | Yes | No | No |
immunosuppression | Yes | No | No | No |
immunosuppressive (noun) | immunosuppression (noun) |
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a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer) |
immunosuppressive (adjective) | immunosuppression (adjective) |
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of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression |