Associations to the word «Immunosuppression»
Noun
- Transplantation
- Transplant
- Graft
- Lymphocyte
- Lymphoma
- Malnutrition
- Rejection
- Leukemia
- Hiv
- Chemotherapy
- Infection
- Susceptibility
- Steroid
- Marrow
- Aids
- Hepatitis
- Regimen
- Kidney
- Immunity
- Dysfunction
- Therapy
- Islet
- Liver
- Antigen
- Toxicity
- Virus
- Suppression
- Incidence
- Inflammation
- Patient
- Inhibitor
- Disease
- Donor
- Antibody
- Uv
- Recipient
- Organ
- Stress
- Lesion
- Vaccine
- Nausea
- Cancer
- Pregnancy
- Drug
- Tumor
- Medication
- Progression
- Risk
- Diabetes
- Impairment
- Dose
- Cell
- Prevalence
- Treatment
- Activation
- Complication
- Treating
- Disorder
- Surgery
- Factor
- Exposure
- Smoking
- Fever
- Response
- Alteration
- Tissue
- Syndrome
- Illness
- Cause
- Trans
- Radiation
Adjective
Wiktionary
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION, noun. (immunology) (medicine) The active medical suppression of the immune response.
Dictionary definition
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION, noun. 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).
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