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IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE

Dictionary entry overview: What does immunosuppressive mean?

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE (noun)
The noun IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE has 1 sense:

1. a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response

Familiarity information: IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE (adjective)
The adjective IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression

Familiarity information: IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE (noun)

Sense 1

immunosuppressive ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A drug that lowers the body's normal immune response

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

immune suppressant drug; immunosuppressant; immunosuppressive; immunosuppressive drug; immunosuppressor

Hypernyms ("immunosuppressive" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunosuppressive"):

mercaptopurine; Purinethol (a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia)

amethopterin; methotrexate; methotrexate sodium (toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis)

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

immunosuppressive ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

immunosuppression (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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