Immunosuppression Definition

ĭmyə-nō-sə-prĕshən, ĭ-myo͝o-
noun
The inactivation of a specific antibody by various agents, thus permitting the acceptance of a foreign substance, as a transplant, by an organism.
Webster's New World
Suppression of the immune response, as by drugs or radiation, in order to prevent the rejection of grafts or transplants or to control autoimmune diseases.
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Immunosuppression Sentence Examples

  • Pathogenesis is poorly understood, it is important to exclude diabetes mellitus, anemia and perhaps immunosuppression.

  • Patients may present with life-threatening renal failure due to rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis requiring urgent dialysis and immunosuppression.

  • Its most important effect is to cause a severe, prolonged immunosuppression of chickens infected at an early age.

  • A proportion of Lupus nephritis patients in endstage renal failure still require immunosuppression.

  • Many other therapies including immunosuppression have been used for resistant cases.

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