immunosuppressive

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression (synset 302757327)
Noun
  1. A drug that lowers the body's normal immune response (synset 103568138)
    is a type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor

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