Azathioprine definitions

ăz'ə-thī'ə-prēn'
An immunosuppressive agent used especially to prevent organ rejection in kidney transplant recipients.
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An immunosuppressive drug, C9H7N7O2S, used to prevent rejections in transplant surgery.
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An immunosuppressive agent used to prevent organ rejection in kidney transplant recipients and to treat severe rheumatoid arthritis.
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(pharmacology) An immunosuppressant used in organ transplant and autoimmune diseases to prevent rejection.
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Origin of azathioprine

Probably from az(o)– thio– p(u)rine

Sentence Examples

  • How to take azathioprine The dose has been worked out especially for you.

  • Other drugs are frequently prescribed and used together with steroids to improve or maintain the condition including azathioprine and cyclosporin.

  • azathioprine used in combination with steroids allowed kidney transplantation to develop during the 1960âs.

  • azathioprine in myasthenia gravis.

  • Other medicines used in JDM now include cyclosporine, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide and anti-TNF drugs.

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