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immunosuppressant

/ˌɪmjunəʊsəˈpresnt/noun

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a drug that lowers the activity of the body's defence system, used to stop it rejecting a transplanted organ or attacking its own tissues

    प्रतिरक्षा-दमनकारी दवा

    • A kidney transplant patient must take immunosuppressants to stop the body rejecting the new organ.
    • Doctors use an immunosuppressant to treat some autoimmune diseases.
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immunosuppression nounimmunosuppressive adj.