immunosuppressant

noun

im·​mu·​no·​sup·​pres·​sant ˌi-myə-nō-sə-ˈpre-sᵊnt How to pronounce immunosuppressant (audio)
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
… a highly specific immunosuppressant that prevents patients from rejecting transplanted tissue.Barry Werth
immunosuppressant adjective
immunosuppressant drugs

Examples of immunosuppressant in a Sentence

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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 See All Example Sentences for immunosuppressant

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of immunosuppressant was in 1968

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Medical Definition

immunosuppressant

1 of 2 noun
im·​mu·​no·​sup·​pres·​sant -sə-ˈpres-ᵊnt How to pronounce immunosuppressant (audio)
: 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

immunosuppressant

2 of 2 adjective
: immunosuppressive
immunosuppressant effects

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