Definitions
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- noun pharmacology An
immunosuppressive agent.
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- noun a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
Etymologies
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From immuno- + suppressor.
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Examples
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Likewise, how many effects could follow the simple histamine release by NGF activated mast cells, considering the well-established role of this amine as an immunomodulator or an immunosuppressor?
Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later 1986
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But high doses block inflammation by increasing expression of the enzyme indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase, or IDO, an immunosuppressor, the researchers say.
Media Newswire 2009
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But high doses block inflammation by increasing expression of the enzyme indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase, or IDO, an immunosuppressor, the researchers say.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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