Meaning | 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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Broader | immunological disorder | A disorder of the immune system |
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Spanish | inmunosupresión |
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Catalan | immunosupressió |
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Adjectives | immunosuppressed | of persons whose immune response is inadequate |
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immunosuppressive | of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression |