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IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
Synonyms:
immune suppressant drug; immunosuppressant; immunosuppressive; immunosuppressive drug; immunosuppressor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("immunosuppressant" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunosuppressant"):
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)
Context examples:
Stem cell recipients typically need to take immunosuppressants for months to a few years.
(Stem cell transplant reverses sickle cell disease in adults, NIH)
It is a type of immunosuppressant and a type of antiangiogenesis agent.
(Everolimus, NCI Dictionary)
A recombinant, chimeric, human-murine monoclonal antibody directed against the alpha subunit of the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R alpha) with immunosuppressant activity.
(Basiliximab, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a type of immunosuppressant.
(Azathioprine sodium, NCI Dictionary)
It is a type of fusion protein and a type of immunosuppressant.
(Alefacept, NCI Dictionary)
It is a type of kinase inhibitor, a type of angiogenesis inhibitor, and a type of immunosuppressant.
(Afinitor, NCI Dictionary)
A derivative of the natural macrocyclic lactone sirolimus with immunosuppressant and anti-angiogenic properties.
(Everolimus, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent, at low doses, is also a potent immunosuppressant primarily by depleting T-regulatory cells.
(Cyclophosphamide Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
An topical ophthalmic formulation containing cyclosporine, an undecapeptide produced by the fungus Beauveria nivea, with immunosuppressant and anti-inflammatory activities.
(Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
A humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody directed against CD11a, the alpha subunit of human leukocyte-function-associated antigen type 1 (LFA-1), with immunosuppressant activity.
(Efalizumab, NCI Thesaurus)
