| immunosuppressive | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor | a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response. |
| ~ medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. |
| ~ 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. |
| adj. (pertain) | 2. immunosuppressive | of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression. |
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