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cyclosporin

(also cyclosporin A, cyclosporine)
Definition of cyclosporin

noun

[mass noun] Medicine
  • a drug with immunosuppressive properties used to prevent the rejection of grafts and transplants. A cyclic peptide, it is obtained from a fungus.
    • This drug is obtained from the fungus Trichoderma polysporum

Origin:

1970s: from cyclo- + -sporin (from Latin spora 'spore') + -in1

cyclosporin in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cyclosporin in the US English dictionary