Associations to the word «Immunosuppression»

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).

Wise words

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