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IMMUNOSUPPRESSOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
Synonyms:
immune suppressant drug; immunosuppressant; immunosuppressive; immunosuppressive drug; immunosuppressor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("immunosuppressor" 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 "immunosuppressor"):
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)
