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immunosuppression

Syllabification: (im·mu·no·sup·pres·sion)
Definition of immunosuppression

noun

Medicine
  • the partial or complete suppression of the immune response of an individual. It is induced to help the survival of an organ after a transplant operation.

Derivatives

immunosuppressant

Pronunciation: /-səˈpresənt/
noun

immunosuppressed

Pronunciation: /-səˈprest/
adjective

immunosuppression in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of immunosuppression in the British & World English dictionary
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