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cyclosporine definition

cy·clo·spor·ine (sī′klō spôr′ēn, -klə-)

noun

a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
also cyclosporin A

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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