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  • 1. immunosuppression
  • Immunosuppression in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. immunosuppression
  • Immunosuppression in a sentence
Etymology

1. 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).

Etymology

  • immuno- (English)
  • suppression (English)

Sentences with immunosuppression


1. Noun, singular or mass
It can prove fatal in people who suffer from any type of immunosuppression.

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