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Immunosuppression

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Noun

1. immunosuppression

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)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Immunosuppression

see synonyms of immunosuppression
noun
medical suppression of the body's immune system, esp in order to reduce the likelihood of rejection of a transplanted organ

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Immunosuppression

see synonyms of immunosuppression
noun
the inactivation of a specific antibody by various agents, thus permitting the acceptance of a foreign substance, as a transplant, by an organism

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Immunosuppression

see synonyms of immunosuppression
n.
Suppression of the immune response, as by drugs or radiation, in order to prevent the rejection of grafts or transplants or to control autoimmune diseases. Also called immunodepression.

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