immunosuppressive
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1. a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | mercaptopurine, purinethol, |
| definition | : | a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | amethopterin, methotrexate, methotrexate sodium, |
| definition | : | toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis (noun.artifact) |
2. of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | immunosuppression, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.state) |
| pertainym | : | immunosuppression, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.state) |
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