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immunosuppress

verb

Etymology

From immuno- + suppress. Possibly a back-formation from immunosuppression.

  1. derived from suppressus
  2. formed as immunosuppress — “immuno- + suppress”

Definitions

  1. To cause immunosuppression in.

    • If AIDS is fuelled by a chronic activation of the immune system, then it would make sense to immunosuppress these patients.
    • Most parasitic organisms are known to immunosuppress their host to some extent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for immunosuppress. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA