immunosuppressant
noun
im·mu·no·sup·pres·sant
ˌi-myə-nō-sə-ˈpre-sᵊnt 
i-ˌmyü-nō-
plural immunosuppressants
: an agent (such as a drug) that suppresses the immune response
The drug was a strong immunosuppressant and was lowering the rats' T-cell counts, making them more vulnerable to infections.—
Chip Brown
Chip Brown… a highly specific immunosuppressant that prevents patients from rejecting transplanted tissue.—Barry Werth
Barry Werth
immunosuppressant
adjective
immunosuppressant drugs
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My wife is a heart-transplant recipient and is on a lifelong regimen of immunosuppressants.
—Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Other folks go the budget route, paying just $10 to $100 per month for rapamycin, an off-label immunosuppressant that’s recently become the darling of longevity zealots.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
Ashwagandha may interact with medications that lower blood pressure and blood sugar, sedatives, immunosuppressants, hepatotoxic drugs, and thyroid hormone medications.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 1 Jan. 2025
Kennedy has suggested that AIDS may be caused by environmental toxins and an inhaled drug and immunosuppressant known as poppers.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
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Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Other folks go the budget route, paying just $10 to $100 per month for rapamycin, an off-label immunosuppressant that’s recently become the darling of longevity zealots.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
Ashwagandha may interact with medications that lower blood pressure and blood sugar, sedatives, immunosuppressants, hepatotoxic drugs, and thyroid hormone medications.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 1 Jan. 2025
Kennedy has suggested that AIDS may be caused by environmental toxins and an inhaled drug and immunosuppressant known as poppers.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Immunosuppressant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immunosuppressant. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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immunosuppressant
1 of 2 noun
im·mu·no·sup·pres·sant
-sə-ˈpres-ᵊnt
: an agent (such as a drug) that suppresses the immune response
The experiments focused on the use of cyclosporine, an immunosuppressant widely used in human kidney, heart-lung, bone marrow, pancreas and liver transplants.—Science News
Science Newsimmunosuppressant
2 of 2 adjective
: immunosuppressive
immunosuppressant effects
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